Congratulations Students!
Congratulations to the students of the Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre and the members of G2! The talented young students put on a beautiful and energetic performance this past weekend. The Academy Showcase and G2 In Concert took place June 4th at the Tarkington. Different from past years, where the show was held at AGHDT, the students got to perform on a proscenium stage. It was exciting for both parents and teachers to see all of the students showcase their hard work over the past year on stage.
The Hard Work Continues
The end of the year show may have already happened, but the students at AGHDT are hard-working and continue to train throughout the summer. Registration for Summer Intensives is open now through July 4. Information on intensives, including dates, can be found here.
(Photos by Lydia Moody)
G2 In Concert
G2, the pre-professional company, put on their annual show this past weekend. Usually, G2 In Concert is performed for two weekends at AGHDT, but this year they performed their show for one night only at the Tarkington. Students, age 13-18, performed company repertoire such as Birth of the Gods, along with pieces made for G2 including Repurposed and The Lonely Goatherd. 
Interested in G2?
Auditions for the pre-professional company for the 2016-2017 season are being held Tuesday July, 26, 4pm-5pm. Please inquire at theacademyofghdt@gmail.com for audition requirements, forms, and information.
Spring Dance Session
Enrollment is now open for a 9-week season of classes. This class, open to students age 4-10, is welcoming both old and new students!
The 9-week class choices are:
Wednesday 5:30-6:30 – Preballet/Tap (Erica Steward)
Saturdays 11:00-12:30 – Ballet & Modern 1-2 (Kirsten Ferger & Erica Steward)
Classes run March 30th-May 28th
For more information about these classes – click here!
To register, please contact Ms. Ferger at:
theacademyofghdt@gmail.com
SUPERHERO – The Story Of A Man Called Jesus opens this Friday, March 25th. Today, the company moved into the theatre. Three car trunks full of costumes and props is what it takes to get everything transported. Once at the theatre, costumes were organized into the dressing rooms.
Preparations – On and Off Stage
A specific cost
ume piece, worn by the apostles along with all of the student dancers in the show, are white shrouds. These white shrouds have scriptures handwritten on them by Mr. Hancock himself. At
the start of every tech week for
SUPERHERO, each shroud gets ironed. Director Gregory Hancock and company dancer Hannah Brown got the honors of doing this job today.
While the dancers were working hard to get everything ready in the dressing rooms, the tech crew was busy on stage. Lightning designer Ryan Koharchik and his team spent the day getting the stage ready by hanging long white shrouds, also with handwritten scriptures on them, that create the backdrop for SUPERHERO.
Guest Artists
This year for SUPERHERO, we are very fortunate to have two returning guest artists, James Gilmer and Lia
ng Fu
, performing with the company.
James Gilmer, originally from Pittsburgh, is a soloist with Cincinnati Ballet. He first appeared as Jesus in last year’s SUPERHERO, and will be reprising the role this year.
Liang Fu, originally from Qingdao, China, is currently a dancer with Kansas City Ballet. Fu first appeared as Judas in 2014, and again in 2015. He will once again be reprising the role of Judas in this year’s SUPERHERO.
SUPERHERO is March 25th and March 26th at 7pm at The Tarkington Theatre at The Center for the Performing Arts. Click here for tickets.
Returning to The Tarkington Stage for Holy Week is Superhero: the story of a man called Jesus.
Superhero: the story of a man called Jesus
March 25 & 26 @7pm
The Tarkington
at The Center for the Performing Arts
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Together with GHDT company dancers, Guest Artists, James Gilmer from the Cincinnati Ballet and Liang Fu from the Kansas City Ballet, will return in their leading roles. Superhero uses dance, music and theater to tell the emotional and moving story of how one man’s life and destiny changed the world. Please join us for GHDT’s new spring tradition.
