MARIA BARANOVA Nile Alicia Ruff and Davione Gordon, center, with members of Spectrum Dance Theater, perform in “Strange Fruit” at the Peak Performances series at Montclair State University. Donald Byrd’s dance/theater piece “Strange Fruit,” which debuted in 2019, depicts racially motivated mob violence as a relentless force. There are moments of peace and comfort in it, but the brutal mob always reassembles and continues to wreak havoc. For the long-suffering dancers at the center of “Strange Fruit,” there is no escape. Since 2019, the world has, sadly, made “Strange Fruit” seem even more time…