The Stages of Dreaming and a commentary by Rufus Wainwright are among the inspirations for the works in Dance Kaleidoscope’s 2024-25 season. From October to early June, the company will invite guest choreographers and perform several world premieres.

The season’s opening concert features a piece by Artistic Director Emeritus David Hochoy. The season closes with a popular work by current Artistic Director Joshua Blake Carter, with music by Brandi Carlile.

Here are the four main stage shows. Subscriptions are available now, with individual tickets available starting September 8. They can be purchased at dancekal.org.

“Late Night Stories”

October 18-20 at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W. Washington St.

Hochoy, the company’s artistic director emeritus, will return to choreograph “Rhapsody in Blue” 100 years after its premiere. Choreographer Sean Aaron Carmon, who has performed in the Broadway production of “La Cage aux Folles” and with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will work with Dance Kaleidoscope on a world premiere. Artistic director Joshua Blake Carter has developed a series of short pieces inspired by the stages of dreaming.

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“Nothing lasts forever, darling”

January 17-19, 2025, at the Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University, 610 W. 46th St.

The program includes a 2009 work by Carter that was inspired by a comment the singer-songwriter Wainwright made about his future with a lover. The troupe will also perform Carter’s “Shaker Loops,” with a score by composer John Adams.

‘Turn up’

March 14-16, 2025, at the Tobias Theater in Newfields, 4000 Michigan Road

The program includes a work by the company’s Jaffee & Hall Emerging Choreographer Award winner and Stuart Lewis’ modern retelling of “Romeo and Juliet” entitled “Sweet Sorrow.”

‘Under the blanket’

30 May–1 June 2025 at the Tobias Theater

Choreographer Autumn Eckman will work with the company on a world premiere and the dancers will perform a new work by Carter that explores the elements of human relationships behind closed doors. The program also includes “Stories from the Corner Bar,” a piece that uses the work of Brandi Carlile.

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This article originally appeared in the Indianapolis Star: Rufus Wainwright and others inspire new season of Dance Kaleidoscope