LDI 2017

Steve Woods began his career at the Barter Theater of Virginia. Since then he has enjoyed international success at the Festival Blues Sur Scene and Festival L’Imaginaire and in Paris as well as productions in Berlin, Moscow, London, Athens, Taipei, Budapest, the XIX Winter Olympics, and dozens of locations around the world. Design credits include work with the Jose Limon Dance Company, and Compania Nacional de Danze (Palacio de Bellas Artes- Mexico City) having designed , "Esquinia Bajan", and "El Pajaro de Fuego", as well as the ballets of John Cranko, "Eugene Onegin" and "Romeo and Juliet". Continuing work in Europe includes Introdans in the Netherlands and the new musical, "Blind Lemon Blues" and “Texas in Paris” both opening in Paris, France. A frequent designer for the Jose Limon Dance Company, he began work with the company in 1988 and has continued to design many of the Masterworks of Limon including, "There Is a Time", "The Moor's Pavane", "Traitor", "Missa Brevis", and "The Winged" among others. Since then he has designed works for Alwin Nikolois, Martha Grahamn, Donald McKayle, Garth Fagan, Phyllis Lamhut, Carlos Orta, and Daniel Nagrin among others. His work with Theatre for a New Audience earned a Lucille Lortel Award for the production of "Henry V". In New York City his work has been seen at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Juilliard School, Theater for a New Audience, Riverside Church, Ohio Theater, York Theater Company, Joyce Theater, Ice Factory Festival, Soho Think Tank, Central Park Summer Stage, Guggenheim Museum, Masters of American Dance, and St. Mark's Theater. Currently he serves as Professor of Theatre & Chair of the Stage Design Program for the Meadows School of the Arts located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is also a host for the popular Pod Cast of Light Talk-The Lumen Brothers.