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Artist Resume: Kathryn Hassinger, Artistic Director of Dance Currents, Inc.
Professional Performances of Dance Currents, Inc.
A Mother s Day Concert of Dance and Music, May 13, 2012, St. Paul s Episcopal Church,
Brookline, MA.
The Haiku Project, March 16 and 17, 2012, The Dance Concert, The Julie Ince Thompson
Theatre, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Flowering Vine, April, 2011, at The Dance Complex, The Julie Ince Thompson Theatee, 536
Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA
Dance for World Community, June 2011, 2010, and June 6, 2009, at Jose Mateo Ballet
Theater. Limon Etude, Parson s Etude and Rainbow Etude, 2010, and Songbird and Soldiers,
2009.
One Hundred Years of Modern Dance, January 9 and 30, 2011, at Cambridge YMCA,
Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
Myths, Memories, and Shadows of Morning, March 26 and 27, 2010 at The Dance Complex, The
Julie Ince Thompson Theatre, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Ceres and Persephone, January 23 and 24 at the Dance Complex as part of On Common Ground,
a Shared Choreographer s Concert. Music: Haydn String Quartet in G major.
Dayspring, a collaboration with Dr. Delvyn Case, March 28th, 2009, as part of the Musica
Eclectica Series at Eastern Nazarene College, and another full program March 4th, 2008 at
Eastern Nazarene College as part of their Musica Eclectica Series.
Dance Currents on Sunday Afternoon, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon St., Brookline, MA
8/17/08. Works by Carol Cheung, Kathy Hassinger, Sunny Hitt and Margot Parsons.
Tuesday s at Noon. May 6, 2008 as part of Dance Month in Cambridge, the lunchtime series
at the Dance Complex, sponsored by Coldwell Bankers, our own program.
The Songbird and the Soldiers, December 18 & 19, 2008 for The Holiday Show at the Dance
Complex.
Dance Currents, performed with Brady Millican, pianist and Colin Benn, violist. Green
Street Studio July 26, 2007 as announcement of incorporation.
Bach and the Dance, performed by the Kathy Hassinger Dance Company and violist Colin
Benn, March 23, 2007 at Eliot Church, Newton.
Sarabande, Gavotte, and Gigue from Bach and the Dance, October 12, 2007 for ArtsCentral,
Central Square Business Association, and October 28, 2007 for Mixed Space in Lowell, Ma.
Currents of Contemporary Dance, December 8, 2006, at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.
A program of Ms. Hassinger s work as well as work by Donald McKayle, David Parsons, and
Anna Sokolow.
Bridging the Gulf, A concert of dance and music to raise funds for the victims of Katrina
through Turkey Creek Community Initiatives organized by Lizz Cannon, Kathy Hassinger and
Margo Morado, October 7, 2006 at the Somerville Theater.
The Holiday Show, The Dance Complex, December, 2005. Waylaid, choreographed by Kathy
Hassinger.
Three Modern Choreographers at Triskelion Arts, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn NY, July 16,
2005. Kathy Hassinger as producer and Carol Cheung, Kathy Hassinger and Ellen Sinopoli as
choreographers. Premiered Clash to Aaron Copland s Piano Variations.
Dances to the Music of Archangelo Corelli, Dance Complex, November 5 and 6, 2004, Kathy
Hassinger as producer and choreographer. Premiered Pulse, to Corelli s Follia.
Selections of Corelli's Sonatas and the Follia played live by Karine Bagadasarian,
harpsichord and Caroline Lieber, violin. The program was repeated as an educational
program on April 10, 2005 at Newton Country Day, and one section Emergence was performed
on March 6th at Casa Nia as part of a Tsunami benefit for Oxfam.
Choreographer s Showcase, The Dance Complex: January, 2006,Waylaid. February, 2004,
Skylight. January, 2003, Penumbra. January, 2002, The Birth. October, 2001. The Call.
October 2000, Women Waiting. October 1999. Pointe Vierge. April 1999; Argonauta,
Dance Reconstructions
Battle Etude, by Robert Battlefor Dance Currents, Inc. 4/2011 and 6/2011.
Limon Etude by Carla Maxwell for Hannah Blitzblau of Dance Currents, Inc.
Rooms Etude by Anna Sokolow for Deborah Friedes of Kathy Hassinger Dance Company.
Rainbow Etude,by Donald McKayle for Aiko Ruch of Kathy Hassinger Dance Company.
Parson s Etude, by David Parsons for Anna Bergren and Hannah Blitzblau, of Kathy
Hassinger Dance Company.
Incense, by Ruth St. Denis for Edra Toth, Boston Dance Company.
The Pond and the Cage, by Anna Sokolow for Ben Cortez, Sokolow dancer.
Rainbow Round My Shoulder Etude, by Donald McKayle for Anica Scott Garrell former member
of Ailey II.
Professional Dance or Theater Companies
( performer/choreographer)
Artistic Director of DanceCurrents, Inc. (1999-2007 the group was called the Kathy
Hassinger Dance Company). Dance Currents incorporated in November, 2008. (choreographer).
Dance Visions, under the direction of Margot Parsons. 1981-1999. (performer and
choreographer)
Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Rev. Robert Ver Eecke S.J. 1980-
1989
. (performer).
Publick Theater, summer shows. 1984-1986
. (performer)
Dorothy Hershkowitz and Company1980-1982. (performer)
Village Dance Arts Theater under the direction of Toni Carrion. 1970-1975 (performer and
choreographer)
Washington Dancers in Repertory under the direction of Ethel Butler, former Graham
dancer. 1971/1972. (performer).
Publications
Boston Dance Alliance Newsletter November, 1998. Dance in Boston Schools. Volume 8 #6,
Building Bridges: Science, Funding and Dance.
Network Journal of Education, 1995, volume 6. Book Review on Art, Mind, and Education
by Howard Gardner and David Perkins.
Teaching Experience
Instructor at Emerson College for Perspectives in World Dance (2008-present
) and Ballet
(
December 2012-present
)
Dance Teacher for the DARTS program, sponsored by the Boston Symphony, July 5-10, 2009
Cambridge Dance in the Schools, Fletcher Maynard, Cambridge Public School, March 2009.
Part time faculty of Emerson Colleger, Dance History, Perspectives in World Dance,
Emerson College, 120 Boylston St, Boston, Ma. 02116. January, 2008-present.
Choreographer for Salve Regina Dance Company, Dance Extensions. September, 2008-February,
2008
.
Ballet Teacher, Jose Mateo Ballet Theater, September 21,2010 May, 2011
Taught Workshops in Early Modern Dance at
The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA, March-April
2010,
Deborah Mason Studio, Cambridge, Ma.July, 2008, and The Ballet Space, Framingham,
Ma. August, 2008.
Teacher and teaching assistant for Boston Ballet s City Dance Program. September, 2007
May,2008.
Head of Dance Department, Ballet, Modern Dance, History and Choreography instructor at
Newton Country Day School, Newton, MA. 02458. September 1990 to June, 2007
.
Dance teacher and choreographer with City Mission Society at the Hurley School and Mackey
School in Boston 1986-1993
.
Children s dance and exercise teacher at the
Sporer Studio, Cambridge 1988-1990
.
Choreographer and dance teacher for Watertown Children s theater, 1986-1990
.
Dance teacher at Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School, 1981-1985
.
Dance teacher (children s classes, Modern, and Ballet) Newton Arts Center1978-1983.
Award Received
Received a Terrific Teacher Award from the Calesea Foundation for encouraging self-esteem
in students. (1993) Successfully completed a project to bolster self-esteem with the $500
award.
Education
Boston College: MAT in History awarded December, 1994.
Goddard College: Masters of Arts (Dance) awarded August 1986.
Skidmore College: BA in History/Philosophy awarded June 1969.
Dance Workshops Attended
August, 2005 attended Dancing Rebels workshop at Skidmore College/National Museum of
Dance, put on by American Dance Legacy Institute,
Terre O Connor choreography workshop at Green Street Studio, March 2005.
Risa Steinberg s Limon workshop in technique, repertory and methodology June, 2004.
Teachers workshops at National Ballet of Canada, summer 2004, John White s Vaganova
workshop, summer 1997.
American Dance Legacy workshop at American Dance Festival, summer 2000.
Elementary Certificate in Labanotation received 1996.
Jill Beck s Stepping Into Dance History, summer 1994 at American Dance Festival.
References Available on Request
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Kathy Hassinger: Artistic Director of Dance Currents Inc. is currently teaching
Perspectives in World Dance and Ballet at Emerson College. She has produced numerous
full length dance concerts including: Dances to the Music of Archangelo Corelli, at The
Dance Complex in November, 2004, Three Modern Choreographers at Triskelion Arts in New
York, 2005 and Bridging the Gulf (2007) and The Haiku Project ( 2012) benefit dance and
music performances for victims of hurricane Katrina, and the Great Earthquake in Eastern
Japan. Dance Currents Inc. is known for their collection of famous modern dances, and in
January 2011 produced, One Hundred Years of Modern Dance at the Cambridge YMCA. These
dances are being incorporated with script and photos into a movie entitled, The Living
Legacy of Modern Dance. Theodore Bale, a national dance reviewer has written in the
Boston Herald, Perhaps the most thrilling thing about Kathy Hassinger s invigorating
Waylaid was its extraordinary clarity. One could observe the sequences without the least
confusion. Hassinger left her classically trained dancers barefoot and gave them phrase
after inventive phrase, set to pulsing blue-grass music. Mrs. Hassinger received a
Terrific Teacher award from the Calesea Foundation for encouraging self-esteem in
students.
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