Gregory Glade Hancock - Gregory Glade Hancock is founder, Artistic Director and choreographer for Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. Prior to this he was the Artistic Director for Indianapolis Dance Company. He has created over 100 repertoire works including such critically acclaimed pieces as The River’s Edge, Stigmata, Carmina Burana, Monday Morning, 1941, Out of Darkness, 1968, Dracula, The Rapture, Joan of Arc, Busqueda, Once Upon a Time, The Legend of Lizzie Borden, The Trojan Women, The Birth of the Gods, Lagaan, From Russia With Love, Cuchi Cuchi, The Sari, Devdas, Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Superhero: the story of a man called Jesus to name just a few. Gregory has created choreography for companies in the USA as well as in Eastern Europe. He has had the honor of the National Dance Ensemble of Latvia presenting and entire program of his works, which has toured throughout Eastern Europe. He has also created choreography for musical theatre, opera, industrials, television commercials, and international world and Olympic level competitive figure skaters. Gregory is an accomplished musician and visual artist. Gregory spent six years as the costume designer for “Yuletide Celebration” with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. During this time he also worked with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra. He has been honored for his work as a choreographer and dancer through two Master Fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission, international fellowships from ArtsLink and the Citizen Exchange Council in New York, and was an original Creative Renewal Fellow of the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Lilly Endowment. Mr. Hancock was named Outstanding Choreographer at the America Youth Grand Prix 2005 in NYC. Mr. Hancock was invited to bring his company to the prestigious 11th International Baltic Ballet Festival in Riga, Latvia in 2006, where the company received critical acclaim and was invited back in the spring of 2007 for a second tour of the country. Mr. Hancock is a teacher The Performer’s Edge, the Academy of Dance Arts, and the Indianapolis School of Ballet.
Meredith Wilson - Meredith Wilson, a native of Maine, began her professional training in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with Ballet Theatre Workshop under the direction of Mihailo Djuric. In 2003 she moved to Indiana where she obtained a BA in Dance Pedagogy at Butler University. During her time at Butler, Meredith performed with Butler Ballet in classical works such as Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Cinderella, was featured as Arabian in the Nutcracker, and performed in numerous contemporary works including Torelli by Twyla Tharp. Additionally, she has performed at the grand opening of the Conrad Hotel Indianapolis and as Tanna in multiple runs of DISCO NIGHTS at American Cabaret Theatre. She most recently joined GHDT for their performance of Hunchback of Notre Dame and is absolutely thrilled to be starting her first year with the company.

Heather Miller King - Heather first performed with GHDT as a waltzer in the 1996 production of Dracula. She was completely enamored with the production, was invited to become an apprentice to the company and then a member the following season. During her time with GHDT, Heather has covered roles in the repertoire ranging from dramatic to comic. Some of her favorite roles include Zhana, the Queen of the Undead in Dracula, The Narcoleptic Sleeping Beauty in Once Upon a Time, Sumitra in Devdas, and Mary, the Mother of Jesus in Superhero: the story of a man called Jesus, and Alice in Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland. She was very excited to travel abroad with the company in two recent Latvian tours. Heather is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music, where she received a degree in French Horn Performance and studied ballet under Jurgen Pagels and Marina Svetlovna. She is a singer and instrumentalist in the band “BERACAH”, an independent ballroom dance teacher, and has been active in both Kokomo Civic Theatre and the Indianapolis Civic Theatre. She thanks God for making dreams come true!

Natalee Wilkerson - Natalee is honored to be apart of GHDT. An Indianapolis native, she is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. While in NYC, Natalee had the pleasure of choreographing for the Canal Street Theatre. Natalee also has her Master’s Degree from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She was a featured actor in the 2003 Samuel Beckett Festival. Natalee is currently a director and instructor at Indy Arts Xchange Last season, she was honored to be apart of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s Joan of Arc. She is excited to be dancing with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre.

Autumn Kendrick - Autumn Kendrick is excited to be returning for her second season with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. A native of Canada, she has work with such artists as Evelyn Hart, Li YaMing, Margie Gillis and Cornelious Fisher-Credo. She relocated to Indianapolis to pursue a degree in dance from Butler Univeristy and graduated in 2006 with a degree in sociology social work and a secondary degree in dance and had such wonderful opportunites as being invited to improve on stage with Bobby McFerrin. Autumn’s debut concert with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre was Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland, and some of her favorite roles with GHDT include being a sister in Between Heaven and Earth and the White Rabbit in Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland. She would like to thank her family for all their support.

Martin Casanova - Martin Casanova is entering his fifth season with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. With GHDT Martin has been featured in many memorable roles and originated roles such as Milloc in Dracula, Chunilal in Devdas, and Narcissus in Echo and Narcissus. He has also originated the roles in two of GHDT’s full-length productions. He has received critical acclaim for his performances of Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Jesus of Nazareth in SUPERHERO; the story of a man called Jesus. Mr. Casanova has been featured in many of the company’s outstanding duets including; Lagaan, Crop Circles, Unchained Melody, Echo and Narcissus and Carmen. Some of Mr. Casanova’s favorite repertoire pieces include; The Birth of the Gods, The River’s Edge, Bolero, My Gypsy Soul, Devdas, At Last, That’s Amore, A Night at the Opera and Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland in which he created the roles of The Mad Hatter, The Gryphon and The Caterpillar. In March of 2006 Mr. Casanova was honored to dance the final pas de deux from The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the 11th International Baltic Ballet Festival in Riga, Latvia. In addition to dancing with the company, Mr. Casanova serves as production assistant.

Sarah Collister - Sarah Collister is in her fifth season with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. Sarah is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and mover to Indianapolis to attend Butler Univeristy’s dance program on scholarship. Sarah graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Arts Administration with a dance concentration. After graduating from Butler University, Sarah moved to New York City to dance with Teri and Oliver Steele, Jana Hicks, and Sheri Celentano. Her debut with GHDT was in Dracula in 2002. Some of Sarah’s favorite roles with GHDT include Devdas’ Mother Kaushalya in Devdas, Veronica in SUPERHERO, the Queen of Hearts in Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland, and featured parts in The Sari, 1941, Between Heaven and Earth and Joan of Arc. She was very excited to join the company in touring Latvia during the last two seasons. Sarah has also been fortunate to work with Motus Dance Theatre based in Indianapolis as a choreographer of original works. She would like to thank you family, GHDT, and her friends for being by her side through everything.

Rachel Maryanovskaya - Rachel Rutland Maryanovskaya is happy to be embarking on her third season with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre as a full-time company member after appearing as a Guest Artist in numerous performances. Origianlly from Columbus, Ohio, Rachel is a graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ms. Maryanovskaya has danced professionally in the Makarov Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Colorado Ballet, and danced eight seasons with Ballet Internationale. In the classical repertoire, she has been featured in soloist roles in ballets such as Swan Lake, Creation of the World, The Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen and Dracula, as well as Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty, Mazjana in 1001 Nights, and the Gypsy and Mercedes in Don Quixote. Some of her favorite roles with GHDT include Salome in the piece of the same title, dancing Frida Kahlo in The Two Fridas, Pilate’s wife and The Cross in SUPERHERO, and The Duchess and Mock Turtle in Alice and her Bizarre Adventures in Wonderland. Rachel has also been featured in many memorable duets with GHDT including Lagaan, The Wedding and Between Heaven and Earth. Rachel is also a resident dance instructor at DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics.