The Bruce Wood Dance Project unveiled the world premier of a new work called Slump by associate choreographer Joshua L. Peugh in a Dallas performance in June and took it to South Korea in late September.
Wood describes Slump as "a wild, aggressive dance about courtship and the instinctual rituals of mating set to Klezmer, jazz and mambo music" in a news release about the trip. Peugh is co-founder of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance in Seoul as well as associate choreographer of BWDP.
In 2006, Peugh went to Seoul after graduating from Southern Methodist University to perform with Universal Ballet Co. He stayed as a freelance modern dance artist and formed Dark Circles Contemporary with colleague Hyun Sang Cho in 2010. He joined BWDP in 2012.
The trip came about from a "Slump-in-Korea" campaign on Kickstarter.com that raised more than $10,000 to cover the cost of airfare and accommodations for Peugh and his cast of six dancers.
