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Pegasus Players Artists
Jeff Hancock
Jeff Hancock is currently Co-Artistic Director of Same Planet Different World Dance Theater. He was a founding member and principal dancer for River North Chicago Dance Co. from 1991-2001. He also danced for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dance Kaleidoscope, Jan Erkert & Dancers, Joe Goode Performance Group and others. He has appeared in 5 productions with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, most recently working with Wayne Mcgregor of Random Dance, and Sir Peter Hall. He has appeared in numerous musicals and toured internationally. Jeff is currently on faculty at Columbia College, Northwestern University, the Lou Conte Dance Studio. He teaches Master classes nationally and internationally, at Ballet Nurnberg, University of Arizona Tucson, Ohio Northern University and others. He has developed outreach programs with SamePlanetDifferentWorld Dance Theatre and River North Chicago Dance Co. His choreography has been set on River North Chicago Dance Co., Hubbard Street II , Same Planet Different World, Columbia College, Ohio Northern University, Chicago’s Next Dance Festival , the Edinburgh Festival, most recently the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater in Atlanta Georgia. He was nominated for Ruth Page Awards for his dancing and his choreography. He is a grant recipient from the Illinois Arts Council.