INDIANAPOLIS — After a 32 year career at Dance Kaleidoscope, David Hochoy will retire from his position as the Artistic Director at the end of the 2022–2023 Season. This planned retirement coincides with Dance Kaleidoscope’s 50th Anniversary Season.
David Hochoy was hired as the Artistic Director in 1991 when co-artistic directors Cherri Jaffe and Ginger Hall retired. Prior to joining DK, he spent two years as a full-time faculty member at Texas Christian University. Born in Trinidad, West Indies he received a B. Sc. at McGill University in Montreal, where he began studying for a career as a doctor, and continued his graduate work in theater earning an M.A. in Directing from Penn State. It was there, at age 20, David took his first dance class and discovered his true love of dance.
In New York, he studied at the Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham schools and danced with numerous national companies. In 1980, he was invited to join the Martha Graham Dance Company. He was promoted to soloist in 1982 and rehearsal director in 1986 and toured the world with Graham until 1989. He has given master classes in Graham technique throughout the world, and he remains on the faculty of the Martha Graham School.
Since becoming Artistic Director at Dance Kaleidoscope, David has choreographed over 70 dances including audience favorites Carmina Burana, Magical Mystery Tour and Scheherazade, all of which are a part of his final season with Dance Kaleidoscope.
Dance Kaleidoscope has hired a firm to conduct a nationwide search for a new Artistic Director and plans to announce the new hire in spring 2023.