Dance Kaleidoscope's 2025-26 season will have star choreographers, cutting-edge work
Starting in September, Indianapolis' longest-running dance company will bring four shows to the stage that include pieces created by staff and some of today's top talent from around the country. The season will continue with a collaboration with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra that includes music by John Adams, George Gershwin and Philip Glass. And the finale will pair a new work by Dance Kaleidoscope Artistic Director Joshua Blake Carter with live music.
Find more information and season tickets on sale now at dancekal.org. Single tickets will go on sale at a future date.
Sept. 12-14, at Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University, 610 W. 46th St.
Dance Kaleidoscope will perform choreographer Robyn M. Williams' piece about transformation and inner strength. Her work has been at the Kennedy Center, Jacob's Pillow and more iconic venues.
Feb. 6-8, 2026, at the Tobias Theater at Newfields, 4000 Michigan Road
The company will perform "Train" by Robert Battle, the former artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the resident choreographer at the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Also on the program will be a premiere by the winner of the Jaffee-Hall Emerging Choreographer Award, which is named after two former Dance Kaleidoscope artistic directors.
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April 17-19, 2026, at the Schrott Center for the Arts
The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will join the dance company on a program that includes John Adams' "Shaker Loops" (choregraphed by Carter), George Gershwin's "An American in Paris" (choreographed by Artistic Director Emeritus David Hochoy) and Philip Glass' "Glass Pieces" (choreographed by Rehearsal Director Sean Aaron Carmon).
June 26-28, 2026, at the Tobias Theater
Using music by composer Jordan Munson, Carter will choreograph "Infinity Engine," a new piece that pairs experimental composition and contemporary dance.
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