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Variety of celebrations in GHDT ‘Winterfest’

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By Wendy Carson

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre gives us a shimmering delight with its presentation of “Winterfest,” paying tribute to pretty much every December holiday/celebration in existence.

This inclusiveness, combined with Gregory Glade Hancock’s style of choreography make this show a standout and must-see for anyone who enjoys dance of any kind. Plus, this year’s show highlights a new opportunity being offered by the GHDT Studio.

To “Welcome Winter,” we begin with three of the dancers showing off their ballet prowess in toe shoes, then move to a couple’s romantic encounters, and finally six dancers flitting about conjuring literally visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads. And that was just the first of the ten pieces being offered.

Primary male dancer Thomas Mason, who choreographs most of the sections of the program, highlights the younger student dancers in “St. Nicholas Day.” Their energy and grace brought a joyous warmth to the performance.

Hancock’s costuming sense hits a crescendo with the next two numbers: “Kwanzaa” has the dancers in black outfits with red and green stripes, highlighting the colors of the festival, while each has an individual emblem on the top representing one of the holiday’s seven principles. A simple white dress with an indigo ombre skirt represents the rebirth of light after the longest night of the year to celebrate the “Winter Solstice,” or Yule.

“Diwali” finds the younger dancers back and allows each one a short solo to highlight their individual abilities.

To expound on the opportunity I mentioned above, Guest dancers Zoe Maish and David Elser present a lively ballroom version of “Man with the Bag” to show off their skills and allow you to see what potentially waits for anyone signing up for Ballroom Dance lessons that they will soon be offering.

Mason’s choreography of “Saint Lucia Day” showed the somber spiritual grace and beauty that is also a solid part of the holiday celebrations.

Dancer and frequent GHDT program cover model Olivia Payton shows off her choreographic chops with “Las Posadas,” which celebrates Joseph and Mary’s journey to the stable in Bethlehem. These dances offer a flirty style and allows each primary dancer a chance to individually shine.

Hancock choses to highlight both the solemn history behind “Hanukkah” and the joy and humor of those of the Jewish faith.

The evening concludes with “Christmas,” choreographed by Mason, and allows for a few of the very youngest pupils to show off what they’ve learned as well as bring smiles to one and all. The whole troupe gets to shine throughout.

Dancers include Mason, Payton, Abigail Lessaris, Sophie Jones, Vivien Mickels, Josie Moody, Audrey Springer, and Nathalie Boyle, as well as students Eva Abanunova, Arden Brothers, Valerie Bussell, Magnolia Donaghey, Fiadh Flynn, Luna Garelli, Lera Griffis, Vivien Maresh, Hazel Moore, Morgann Rice, Isabella Webb, and Anya Willis.

After the show, there is a complimentary hot chocolate bar to help you keep the joyful moments going.

The entire night was spectacular and really gets you energized for – as well as remembering the meanings of –the Winter Holidays.

The best part is that this was not just a one-weekend production! See it for yourself Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, Dec. 12-14, at The Florence at The Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, 329 Gradle Drive, Carmel. Get tickets at gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

GHDT ‘Casket Girls’ dance again

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By John Lyle Belden

Though shrouded in myth, the story of the “Casket Girls” is true*. In the 1720s, by order of King Louis IV of France at the urging of the Church, young women were sent to new Gulf Coast colonies to be wives to the men there in hopes of keeping them civilized and Christian.

These filles a la cassette (girls with suitcases) were eventually referred to with the word casquette, which conjured the more popular term. They were pale and delicate, it was said, sensitive to the sun and, perhaps, the magical spirit of New Orleans.

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre has revived its production that tells the legend with “modern gothic vampire” flair, featuring original music by Cory Gabel. Choreography and costumes are again by Gregory Glade Hancock, with lighting by Ryan Koharchik.

This modern-dance ballet centers on the character of Catherine (Abigail Lessaris), a Casket Girl who lives with the Sisters of St. Ursula until she finds her beau, Jean (guest dancer Cody Miley). But supernatural forces strike, changing her forever.

The second act brings the undead Catherine back to New Orleans a century later, finding an ally in voodoo priestess Mother Ava May (Olivia Payton) and love with sweet Saraphine (Josie Moody). But evil Lucien (Thomas Mason) wants to rule the city, and if Catherine doesn’t join him, he knows the Casket Girl now has something to lose.

Dancers also include Nathalie Boyle, David Elser, Fiadh Flynn, Sophie Jones, Zoe Maish, Vivien Mickels, Hazel Moore, Audrey Springer, Josie Steinmetz, and Lucy Grontkowski of The Conservatory of Dance at Granger, Ind., with guest vocalist Tessa Gibbons.

Stunning and beautiful throughout, the music and movement embrace a dark atmosphere evoking the works of Anne Rice and the goth-punk aesthetic of the World of Darkness roleplaying games. Gabel, in close collaboration with Hancock, brings a Nine-Inch-Nails-esque percussion to the score, giving a relentless beat to the characters’ stilled and breaking hearts.

A unique danse macabre for this spooky season, “The Casket Girls” have just one performance remaining, 5 p.m. today (Oct. 25) as I post this, at The Tarkington in the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Carmel. Watch for this production to likely return in coming years.

With this, GHDT opens its 28th season. Next up is its next improvised collaboration in the “Melange” series on Nov. 15-16 as Mickels dances while vocalist Jessica Hawkins sings and Madhuchhanda Mandal creates a visual work of art. The full company celebrates the Holidays with Winterfest on Dec. 4-7 and 11-14. These performances will be at The Florence performance space at The Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, 329 Gradle Dr., Carmel.

Full information and tickets at gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

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(*History and legend of the Casket Girls at NewOrleans.com)

GHDT finishes season strong; watch for more

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By John Lyle Belden

This evening (June 7) Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre concludes its 27th season with bold works for “Summer Solstice.”

According to my quick websearch, earth.com notes the Solstice (longest day of the year, coming in just two weeks) is celebrated by many spiritual traditions, important for “setting an intention” for the coming months. With this weekend’s program, Gregory Glade Hancock and his talented dancers show their continued willingness to expand the use of movement to communicate feelings and stories.

In the world-premiere of “Let It Be Known,” poet Bruce Ford delivers a long monologue of hip-hop style verse that speaks to struggle and aspiration that draws on his Black experience and hope for humanity. As he speaks, dancers Thomas Mason, Sophie Jones, Abigail Lessaris, Josie Moody, Cordelia Newton, Olivia Payton, and Audrey Springer reflect and illuminate his words. Together, they make the “music” that we feel – no background song is played or necessary. Ryan Koharchik’s exceptional (as always) lighting design comes into play here with precise use of spotlights.

Another premiere is “Journey to Freedom,” a series of dances evoking the pain of a nation’s people being invaded, occupied, and displaced, as well as their bravery to overcome. The focus is on Eastern Europe, which Hancock is personally familiar with, including recent travels. The pieces honor Latvia, where residents once kept a secret “national anthem;” Poland, once invaded on two fronts attempting to erase if from the map; and, Ukraine, where their struggle continues today. The movement is strong and evocative, to music ranging from traditional to contemporary, as well as sublime work by Polish composer Frederic Chopin (a beautiful solo by Moody). The principal dancers are joined by summer interns Nathalie Boyle, Gwynevere Deterding, Tasha Sterns-Clemons, and Izzy Wolf, with Academy of GHDT student Hazel Moore appearing as the “flower girl.”

After the intermission, the mood shifts from the very serious to the exceedingly strange with an abridged version of Hancock’s 2006 “Alice and Her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland,” envisioning Lewis Carrol’s classic story through a warped punk-Goth lens – as if to wonder, what would frighten yet enthrall a young girl today? Springer is our title character, bringing us with her down the rabbit hole to meet a fascinating edging on nightmarish cast. Highlights include Payton as the Cheshire Cat, Mason as the Caterpillar, Lessaris as the Duchess, Newton as the Mouse, Moody as Queen of Hearts, and Jones as the Mock Turtle. All the dancers are in Wonderland, including students Moore, Fiadh Flynn, Penelope Lomax, Josie Steinmetz, and Megan Webb.

As for the dance sequences, Hancock said he was once asked, “if you choreograph this while awake, what are your nightmares like?” It says something about our tastes, I guess, but we were thrilled, with Wendy hoping to see the full show staged again someday.

What we know will happen is the upcoming 28th season. It kicks off with the “Fashion at the Florence” fundraiser on Sept. 13 at 329 Gradle Drive, Carmel. Dance programs feature the return of “The Casket Girls” in October, “Exodus” in March 2026 and “Antony and Cleopatra” the following June. There will also be “Melange” presentations of improvised dance and art with guest vocalists the weekends of Sept. 20 and Nov. 15, as well as March 14 and May 16, 2026.

For all the details – and tickets to today’s 5 p.m. performance at The Tarkington stage of the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, if you see this right after it’s posted – visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.  

Cajun celebration with GHDT

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By John Lyle Belden

While the parties are rolling out in New Orleans – starting with a Super game and parading towards Mardi Gras – Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre indulges in some big fun “Down on the Bayou.”

Gregory Glade Hancock dusts off a couple of past works with the feel of southern Louisiana culture, starting with the title sequence. It kicks off with the Hank Williams Sr. hit, which the dancers take to with joyous energy, like a hot night on Bourbon Street. An eclectic mix follows, with various rhythms. Being the lone principal male dancer, Thomas Mason gets a huge workout, including pairing with Abigail Lessaris and Olivia Payton, and even a solo. Also we see the talents of Josie Moody, Audrey Springer, and new members Sophie Jones and Cordelia Newton.

A couple of numbers showcase the young students of the Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre: Abigail Arboleda, Arden Brothers, Fiadh Flynn, Penelope Lomax, Hazel Moore, Josie Steinmetz, Megan Webb, and Britteny Zhang. They already show great poise and potential.

The main company gets their mojo working with “Papa Legba,” featuring Mason as the titular Vodun character, as well as Newton, Springer, and Moody, before the others join in. Atmosphere (including lighting designed by Mason) and Hancock’s costuming contribute to this piece’s mystical feel.

The second half of the program brings out Hancock’s knack for visual storytelling with “Why Look at That Moon,” set to a series of songs by celebrated Louisiana-born songwriter Victoria Williams. Her unique voice and country-folk style provide the canvas on which the dancers bring forth movement suggesting the “Boogieman,” the woman at the “Clothesline,” the “Wobbling” bird, and even old “Tarbelly and Featherfoot.” Featured dancers include Lessaris, Moody, and Newton, and there is a sweet pas de deux with Mason and Jones to “Can’t Cry Hard Enough.”  

A celebratory and sensational program of dance, we have two weekends left “Down on the Bayou,” through Feb. 23 at The Florence at the Academy of GHDT, 329 Gradle Drive, Carmel. Get info and tickets at gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

Anguish of atrocity honored in Gregory Hancock program

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By John Lyle Belden

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presented another brilliant example of its ability to tell a story and evoke feeling through movement with its “Autumn Nights” program.

“Art should be challenging,” founder and director Gregory Glade Hancock says. This is certainly brought to bear in the debut of his important work, “Beyond These Gates the Land Groans.” These words were written on a wall of the Police Prison Camp at Salaspils, Latvia, operated by Nazi Germany as a labor and concentration camp from October 1941 until the Soviets closed it at war’s end in 1945. Though not as infamous as larger facilities, it was just as cruel, leading to the deaths of thousands of people (many of them, children) from disease, starvation and other mistreatment.

In 1967, a Memorial was built to remember those who were lost there, which included a number of sculptures whose brutal appearance reflected their suffering. Hancock saw these on a recent visit to Latvia and said he was instantly inspired to compose this piece.

The resulting performance literally stunned us. The movement portrayed the grace of humanity but no further beauty. Dancers worked in open space against the constant tension of being in a restrained, hopeless place. They appear as representation of the memorial statues, in the same poses, and move to express their struggle and sorrow. They come forward, challenging us to see them, hear their silenced cries. The stark vision extends to the costumes (also by Hancock), plain prisoner uniforms hanging loose upon starved bodies, as well as there being no music, just the ongoing rhythm of a recorded human heartbeat. At a moment of desperate necessity, there is the wail of a violin. At the end, as we had been cautioned before the show, few felt like applauding – some in the audience briefly clapped out of respect for the artists; the rest of us, intensely moved, honored it with silence.

Dancers were the principal GHDT company – Sophie Jones, assistant director Abigail Lessaris, Thomas Mason, Cordelia Newton, Josie Moody, Olivia Payton, and Audrey Springer – with GH Academy students Arden Brothers and Hazel Moore.

The program also had lighter and otherwise entertaining works. It opened with “The Visit,” a 1992 Hancock dance with Eastern European influences, appropriate to the Halloween season. Mason enters the center spotlight and summons the others in a bewitching circle of celebration and magick. The “sisters” include Lessaris, Moody, Payton, Springer, and provide a lovely introduction of new dancers Jones and Newton – the latter getting a brief solo. Student Penelope Lomax also makes an appearance.

Hancock also revived a fun 2008 piece, “The Seven Deadly Sins.” All listed above, as well as students Abigail Arboleda, Fiadh Flynn, Morgan Rice, Josephine Steinmetz, Charlotte Terzino, and Brittney Zhang, take turns in various numbers embodying Pride, Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, and, of course, Lust. In the end, Terzino reappears as Virtue to set the moral order right.

The “Autumn Nights” came and went – last Friday evening and Saturday afternoon – at The Tarkington of the Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Carmel. Upcoming events will be nearby on The Florence stage at Gregory Hancock’s office and Academy, 329 Gradle Drive:

 “Melange” returns with three artists of different disciplines combining their talents in a single improvised theme. On Nov. 16-17, visual artist Kevin James Wilson, vocalist Tessa Gibbons, and GHDT’s Josie Moody will create a masterpiece within the same space.

“WinterFest,” a celebration of different year-end holidays, will be at the Florence on December 6-8 and 13-15.

For information on these and performances in 2025, visit GregoryHancockDanceTheatre.org.

GHDT does ‘Nutcracker’ their own way

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By John Lyle Belden

Likely one of the most produced entertainments this time of year (aside from a play with someone named Scrooge) is some version of “The Nutcracker.” Let us suggest you check out Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s unique vision of the classic E.T.A. Hoffmann children’s story, performing this weekend in downtown Carmel.

Choreographed by Gregory Glade Hancock with Dawn Deahl and Shari Washington Rhone, this dance program is a showcase for all ages of students at the Academy of GHDT. The contemporary feel is enhanced by a largely Tchaikovsky-free score, instead featuring music by the likes of David Arkenstone, David Byrne, Danny Elfman, and Hans Zimmer. The arrangements work, and still serve the story.

Another difference is the casting of a boy, “Klarence,” performed by Vincent Kitchen in select performances. Others have the more traditional Klara, danced by his twin sister, Violet Kitchen. We attended a performance with Vincent, who is outstanding, already showing the poise and presence of dancers much older.

Featured dancers also include Audrey Holloway, Hillary Riley, and Audrey Springer, who appear as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Nutcracker, and a soloist in the international dances. Megan Webb appears as Drosselmeyer, Evangeline Meadows is the Mouse Queen, and Zoe Hacker is the Snow Fairy.

Other dancers include Claire Bagato, Annabelle Breeden, Arden Brothers, Fiadh Flynn, Lera Griffis, Amelia Joest, Aailyah Johnson, Stella Kitchen, Jocelyn Larry, Jo’Nia Larry, Jovair Larry, Josephine Meadows, Hazel Moore, Ellington Thacker, Isabella Webb, Molly Webb, and Tara Williams.

Presented with Hancock’s flair for visual storytelling, this familiar yet unique production is at the GHDT performance space, The Florence, at 329 Gradle Drive, Carmel, Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 7-10. (Parking spaces will be kept open for patrons – the Carmel Christkindlmarkt is nearby.) For information and tickets, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.  

GHDT presents ‘Legends’ of other lands

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By John Lyle Belden

To open its 26th season, the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre expanded our horizons with “Legends and Fairytales.” Most of us in America have been brought up in the lore of local heroes and European folk tales, but what if we look just one border further?

The company applied its visual storytelling style to two traditional stories from Mexico, plus a suite of dances celebrating magical folk of the land that is now the Republic of Turkey (now celebrating its centennial).

Gregory Glade Hancock, who has worked as far away as India and Eastern Europe and explored the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “La Casa Azul,” presented this production with the support of the Consulate of Mexico in Indianapolis and IN-ATATURK (Indiana American Turkish Association, Together Universal Responsible Kind).

Hancock designed choreography and colorful costumes for the legend of “La Llorona.” It relates the story popular throughout Mexico and its former lands in the Southwest U.S. of the “crying woman” whose husband would leave her for another. In rage she drowned their children in a river, then in grief she followed them into the water. Her acts consigned her to existence as a wailing spirit who walks along the river at night, an ill omen to encounter.

Dancing to the strains of the tragedy’s folk song, most of the GHDT company with members of G2 student dancers present the story, with Abigail Lessaris as Maria/La Llorona, Thomas Mason as the husband, Camden Lancaster as the rival woman, and Vincent and Violet Kitchen as the children. The story is easy to follow with fascinating and heartbreaking visuals, including excellent use of the long satin cloth for flowing water.

Mason provides the choreography and costume design for a new work, “The Alley of the Kiss,” of a legend of the central Mexican city of Guanajuato, based on true events, of a forbidden love between members of rival families. Mason said he felt creating the dance was a natural step in his artistic journey. Though not in the performance himself, he said he envisioned first how he would move and interpret the story, then ensured the piece would fit in with the style of other Hancock works. The two sets of dancers switch control of the stage throughout, as our lovers, represented by Lessaris and Josie Moody, meet, flirt, and dare, until tragedy strikes. Set to more recent Latin music, including a song featuring Selena, the moves are majestic, and the feel is both of its culture and timeless.

That these stories resemble familiar legends brought to the stage by Shakespeare and the ancient Greeks speaks to the universality of these human stories, versions of which are told worldwide.

To the equally common theme of dark and light, sacred and secular, Hancock presents the premiere of “Angels and Djinn.” Based on the traditional Turkish concept of Angels, they are heavenly beings of light, meant to serve as protectors and guardians with no free will. Djinn, the basis for the Anglicized stories of “Genies,” are earthly beings of fire and free will, who can be good, evil, or just mischievous, but like Angels are invisible to the humans they influence.

Most of the company again gets involved, with a notable solo by Lancaster. It is up to the audience to guess who are Angels and who are Djinn. From my reckoning, the Angels moved with purpose, while the Djinn moved with passion. That the same dancers would switch costume styles – and perhaps, personae – made the guessing more challenging. The traditional Turkish music, with which the movement flows perfectly, even got the audience clapping along without prompting. Costumes included stunning traditional Bindalli dresses provided by GHDT supporter Nur Ungan.

Dancers also included Hannah Brown, Fiadh Flynn, Audrey Holloway, Chloe Holzman, Wilhelmina Marks, Olivia Payton, Audrey Springer, Megan Steinburger, and Megan Webb. Lighting design, as usual, was by Ryan Koharchik.

This wonderful show had just a two-day run, October 27-28, at the Tarkington Theatre in the Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Carmel. But don’t be surprised if one or all of these “Legends” are reprised in a future show. Next up for Hancock Dance is its production of “The Nutcracker” nearby at Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s own performance space, The Florence, weekends of Dec. 1-10. For more information, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

GHDT: Ancient yet familiar story of power, plague, and redemption

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By John Lyle Belden

I am the most casual fan of dance programs there is. I appreciate it in a general sense, but have not studied or participated intensively. Still, I continue to be amazed and delighted by the visual storytelling skills of Gregory Glade Hancock.

On April 7-9, a week before Passover, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presented its “Exodus,” a modern story in movement inspired by the ancient story of Moses. It premiered in 2019, with plans to perform again the next year, but our modern plagues pushed the date back to this month.

The themes include freedom from oppression, as well as sacrificial love. In consideration of this, as well as Hancock dedicating this – like much of his work – to the memory of his mother, he chose to have the central figure, the Chosen One, performed by a woman. Entrusted with this role is Olivia Payton, full of passion and sacred sense of duty. In place of the Biblical Pharoah, we have The Prosecutor; Thomas Mason struts the stage, projecting authority while at times struggling with it.

Other individual roles, as well as the Slaves and Plagues, are performed by Abigail Lessaris, Hannah Brown, Chloe Holzman, Zoe Maish, Josie Moody, Audrey Springer, and Rebecca Zigmond.

The Persecutor’s army of Oppressors are danced by Ellen Burks, Grace Burks, Taylor Colter, Adrian Dominguez, Zoe Hacker, Allie Hanning, Kloie Hargrove, Audrey Holloway, Molly Kinkade, Moriah Knuth, Kallie Leib, Grace Mazurek, Evangeline Meadows, Rachel Morrow, Leah Pitman, Maria Porter, Sophia Rice, Hillary Riley, Alexia Rumrill, Rachel VonDommelen, and Elissa Weisz.

The Chosen as a young prince was Leighton Metcalfe; other children were Fiadh Flynn, Poppy Lomax, Vincent Kitchen, Violet Kitchen, Elli Thacker, and Megan Webb.

Aside from the Academy of GHDT, the company included dancers from Anderson University; The Conservatory of Dance, Granger, Ind.; and Ballet Arts of Peru, Ind.

Choreography and Costumes were by Hancock, who also credits much of the look and feel to the show to Ryan Koharchik’s lighting and set design. Dance styles vary from boldly modern to living animations of hieroglyphics, exciting and always clear in their intent.

We are presented with the plight of the oppressed from the opening moments, confined by a curtain of chain-link fence. As slave children are rounded up, a desperate Mother (Lessaris) leaves her infant in a basket for the Persecutor’s Daughter (Brown) to find. In time this Child grows (Metcalfe, Payton), knowing privilege but feeling for those in shackles. A moment of compassion leads to violence, and exile. The Chosen encounters a sacred Burning Bush (an expertly flowing grouping of about a dozen dancers, pulsing with life like a landbound sea anemone) and she understands what she must do.

The Persecutor has no interest in freeing the Slaves. He is surrounded by an army, members uniformly unisex and masked, a familiar emblem on their hoodies showing they have the “power.”

The oppressed now appear as pale avenging angels, bringing forth plagues that speak to us in the audience: Desecration (pollution) of the Earth, Gun Violence, Racism, War, Poverty, Crime, Social Media (apathy), uncaring Government, and Selfishness. To drive the point home, like in the source book, finally the First Born are struck down.

In Act Two, we get parting of the Red Sea, the giving of Commandments, and the people’s disobedience. We also get a joyous reunion, saddened by the story coming full circle. As in the scriptural Exodus, we conclude with our formerly oppressed people in the wilderness, but bold and ready for whatever comes next.

The overall program is thrilling, stunning, and inspiring – the effective telling of an epic story without a single word. Let this be an encouragement to see whatever you can attend by GHDT (next up is an adaptation of “Antony and Cleopatra” in June) and insistence to experience “Exodus” the next time it is revived.

Performances are in downtown Carmel, get information and tickets at GregoryHancockDanceTheatre.org.