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The Tarkington at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts 

June 6th & 7th, 2025

Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 5pm

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GHDT will close the season with SUMMER SOLSTICE, an exciting program of contemporary dance featuring two world premiere pieces and the return of a repertoire favorite. We are excited to work with poet, Bruce E. Ford on LET IT BE KNOWN, a new piece that combines powerful spoken word with passionate dance. GHDT has partnered with the Ukrainian Society of Indiana, the Polish Society of Indiana and the Latvian community for the creation of JOURNEY TO FREEDOM, an important new work exploring the effects of invasion, displacement, resilience and freedom. We are thrilled to bring ALICE LITE to the
Tarkington stage, a shortened version of GHDT’s ALICE AN HER BIZARRE ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Join us for an unforgettable evening of dance, music and storytelling.

Give to GHDT!

#GivingTuesday

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! Please support our Holiday and Year-end Giving Campaign to support Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. It is important to support your local professional artists and keep your community beautiful!

GHDT is bringing original works and classic favorites to the stage in 2018. Our GOAL is to raise $10,000. This will help us with operational expenses as we enter into the new year.

Please consider an on-line donation today, or you may mail a check to: GHDT Angel Society, 329 Gradle Drive, Carmel, IN. 46032

GHDT is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) arts organization.

LCA Wins an Emmy!

Gregory Hancock – Emmy Winner

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s artistic director, Gregory Hancock, is a jack of all trades. Mr.
Hancock wrote a musical, called La Casa Azul,  about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In 1997, it was copyrighted. However, the musical did not premiere until June 2015. The musical was such a success, it had an encore performance the following October. Our local PBS station, WFYI, filmed the performance and a documentary about the process of bringing the show to the stage. This 2016 broadcast, we are happy to announce, won a Regional Emmy for Best Arts Programming. 

 

A Night In India Sponsors

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS – HYDERABAD SISTER CITY COMMITTEE, PATTAR & CO. CPA, INC., and INDIA ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS

Thank you to our Performance Sponsors for their support of GHDT’s A NIGHT IN INDIA performed June 9 & 10th at The Tarkington in Carmel, Indiana. We appreciate their partnership!

HYDERABAD SISTER CITY COMMITTEE
Raju Chinthala, President
rajuchinthala@gmail.com

PATTAR & CO. CPA, INC.
Ravi Pattar
1455 East Southport Road
Indianapolis, IN. 46227
info@pattarcpa.com

INDIA ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS
Sumeeta Bhatia
Chairwomen

 

Don’t miss A NIGHT IN INDIA on June 9th and 10th at 7PM. For tickets, click here.

New Marley Floors

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Thanks to a generous donation, Studio A received a makeover! This donation allowed us to purchase a brand new Marley floor. Our old floor was about 25 years old. The old floor had been moved to and from many spaces and had multiple generations of dancers rehearse on it. This old floor also traveled to The Tarkington Theatre in July 2015 for the premiere of La Casa Azul. The floor made the trip a second time as well for the encore performance of La Casa Azul in October 2015.

 

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The process of taking out the old floor and bringing in the new, took lots of helping hands. Company dancers, board members, academy families, and other guests volunteered their night to get the job done. In about two hours, the group rolled up each piece of old flooring, and laid down the new.

 

Hidden Surprise

DIMG_2973id you know that underneath GHDT’s Marley floor are handwritten quotes? We call it our Holy
Floor. Inspirational quotes lie underneath our feet as we dance all day. Some of the quotes included were said by Frida Kahlo, Mahatma Ghandi, Marilyn Monroe, and many more icons. Every single quote was handwritten onto the floor by our director, Gregory Hancock.

 

 

 

 

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The Final Product

The final product came out beautifully. Our new Marley floor was left overnight to settle, and then was taped down to be completed. The company and academy students cannot wait to start rehearsing and taking classes on the brand new floor. Cheers to the next 25 years on our new Marley floor!

GHDT Welcomes Diane Buzzell

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Diane Buzzell has joined Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre as the Major Gift Officer. She will be working with the company and board of directors to strengthen the
level of giving from private donors and grow business sponsorships. A successful gift officer currently at Bloomington Hospital Foundation, Diane will be sharing her professional expertise with GHDT. Diane is a trained dancer and choreographer with a Master’s Degree from Butler University. She danced with Gregory and the company in the early 1990’s. She is active in theater and recently received The Cardinal Stage Company Director’s Award for Artistry 2016 for her choreography.

 

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, along with the board, are thrilled to have Diane as a part of our team!

Your Support Matters

TajSkagiwada4If you have been involved in the arts at all – as a patron, performer, producer or volunteer –  you are familiar with this reality: the price you pay for a ticket usually covers just 30% or LESS of what it actually takes to produce the experience of live performances. It is a fact, no matter what arts organization you support,  your ticket price covers just a fraction of what it costs to see what’s on that stage.

That is why YOUR SUPPORT matters so much.

We have had an exciting and fulfilling year in 2015 at Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre – producing such amazing experiences as the World Premiere and Encore performances of “LA CASA AZUL – The Musical” at The Tarkington at The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel; and, we are finishing our season in a strong fashion with Superhero – The story of a man called Jesus – and, Metamorphosis, showcasing a new and original work by Gregory Hancock, June 24-25 at The Tarkington.

Spring Into Action.  Your Support Matters.

Currently we are winding up our Spring into Action Giving Campaign with a goal of raising $15,000 by March 31.  A donation as simple as $25 or as generous as $2,000 would go a long way to support our goals.  Each dollar helps us to continue to create remarkable and original dance performances – and, your contributions are tax deductible (as allowed by law).

Our performances are valued for their ability to truly evoke emotions, explore thought provoking issues and touch the souls of our patrons.   You can join our Angel Society on-line and make a secure donation via Paypal, if you choose.

 

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