![]() ![]() Out of the 115 designs showcased by the 23 budding designers, WtzupKochi picked 10 of our most favourite outfits from the event (listed alphabetically by collection name). Each of the students of the UG Course in Fashion and Apparel Design looked to various sources for inspiration and incorporated innovative motifs and techniques to come up with their unique collections consisting of five garments each. The 2016 graduation show, titled Kaleidoscope 2016 was a colourful reflection of the student’s talent. The graduation show by the Fashion Design Department is one of the biggest events held by the college. The department of Fashion Technology boasts of a talented alumni including Reshma Binu, one of the talent behind a popular designer brand in the city. This statement has ringed true for many years, even before the start of the department of fashion in our city’s favourite ladies college. In 2013 the Indiana Historical Society named him an Indiana Living Legend and he received the Governor's Arts Award from the Indiana Arts Commission in 2016.Most of Kochi (perhaps even Kerala) look to the ladies of St.Teresa’s college for fashion inspiration. In 2012 he was honored with the Creativity Award by University High School. Ballard declared that date as David Hochoy Day in honor of his 20 years as DK's artistic director and in recognition of his service to the arts in Indianapolis. He has served as a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2004, he was voted one of Indiana's 25 Keepers - men and women working to make a difference in Indiana - by the readers of Indy Men's Magazine. He has been awarded the Key to the City by the City/County Council, the Distinguished Hoosier Award by the Governor of Indiana, and was honored by the Center for Leadership Development for outstanding achievement in the arts. He is a two-time recipient of a Master Fellowship in Choreography and an Individual Artist Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission as well as a Creative Renewal Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis. He is the founder and co-artistic director of Spotlight, an annual fund-raiser for the Indiana Aids Fund that has brought together the Indianapolis Performing Arts community since 1994.ĭavid was a recipient of a prestigious Choo-San Goh Award for his choreography Rhapsody in Blue in 2006. ![]() He also was Artistic Director of The Green Shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) for ten seasons. He has choreographed numerous productions at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, including A Christmas Carol, the Civic Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Edyvean Repertory Theatre, Salome for the Arizona Opera and Miss Evers' Boys for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and for Santa Fe Stages. He has choreographed dances for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for its New Year's Eve performances as well as their Discovery Series concerts. Since becoming DK's Artistic Director in 1991, he has choreographed over 70 dances including Scheherazade, Carmina Burana, COLE!, The Planets, The Four Elements, El Salòn México, Magical Mystery Tour, Rite of Spring, Les Noces and Romeo and Juliet Fantasy. David spent two years as a full-time faculty member at Texas Christian University. He has given workshops in Quebec, Tokyo, Oslo, Dublin and Rio de Janeiro. In 1991 he was invited to teach and choreograph at the Vienna International Dance Festival. In addition, he has taught at the American Dance Festival (ADF) held at Duke University, as well as ADF West in Salt Lake City and ADF Seoul in Korea. and Europe, and in 1990 was invited to Guangzhou, China, to teach the experimental troupe of the Guangdong Dance Academy for ten weeks.ĭavid has been on the faculty of the Martha Graham School since 1982. He has given master classes in Graham technique throughout the U.S. Made a soloist in 1982 and rehearsal director in 1986, David toured the world with Graham until 1989. In 1980, he was invited to join the Martha Graham Dance Company. ![]() ![]() In New York, he studied at the Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham schools and danced with numerous national companies as well as the Toronto Dance Theater. at McGill University in Montreal, where he began studying for a career as a doctor, he continued his graduate work in theatre working on an M.A. David Hochoy will receive the Award for Excellence in the Arts.ĭavid, born in Trinidad & Tobago, is now in his 25th season as Artistic Director of Dance Kaleidoscope in Indianapolis. ![]()
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