Professional Choreography by Kathy Hassinger

Rewilding, Music: Amy Hassinger and Joy Yang. Choreography: Kathy Hassinger. Dancers: Janelle Gilchrist, Alex Jimenez and Avery Saulnier de Reyes. Performed at Dances for World Community, September 2021.

Sicut Cervus, Music: Emily Heimstra, Choreography: Kathy Hassinger, Dancers: Odessa Rain Anderson, Whitney Cover, Alex Jimenez and Kirsten Glaser. Videographer: William Parsons. May, 2021.

“For the Children”, the music is by Evard Grieg, six of his lyric pieces.  Performed June 11, 2019, 3pm at The Scandinavian Cultural Center, Newton, MA, and June 14, 8pm at Integrarte, Jamaica Plain with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.  We also performed the entire piece as part of an award ceremony with the Boston Socio-Economic Committee at Brown Junior High School on June 15, 2018 and The Dance Complex as part of their festival of Us, You, We and Them, June 23rd, 2019.  We showed the first two sections December 9, 2018 in an open rehearsal at Integrarte in Jamaica Plain.  The piece was dedicated to those who are forced to leave their country and faced with the loss of their children. 

“Santons”, performed March 9 and 11, 2018 with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston at Integrarte DanceStudio in Jamaica Plain, and The Scandinavian Living Center in Newton. December 17, 2016 at The Dance Complex “Holiday Show”, and May 21, 2017 at Newton Highlands Congregational Church as part of The Newton Dance Concert/Newton Festival of the Arts. Dance Currents Inc. co-produced the concert with Selmadanse. ︎ 

“Weather Permitting”, performed May 22, 2016 as part of the Newton Dance Concert, Newton Festival of the Arts at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 3pm. Dance Currents Inc. co-produced the concert with Selmadanse.“Crossing.”, Performed May 22, as part of Newton Dance Concert, Newton Festival of the Arts, May 17, 2016 also November 21-22, at The Dance Complex, as part of aMaSSiTT choreographer’s workshop. Dedicated to all those crossing to new lands under “The Night Wind”, the title of the music by Nikolai Metdner. Choreography by Kathy Hassinger. Dancers: Samantha Govoni, Jill Laquidara and Li-Ann Lim for November and Fhi Bado, Whitney Cover and Li-Ann Lim for May.

"Crossing".  Premiere.  November, 2015.    

“Dream Catchers.”  Premiere.  May 17, 2015.  Set to Faure’s Fantaisie, Pavane, and Aprés un Rêve, Newton Dance Concert presented by the Newton Festival of the Arts, Kathy Hassinger and Joanie Block as co-chairs.  Held at Newton Highlands Congregational Church, Newton and including choreography by Joanie Block, SELMADANSE, Helena Froehlich, CreationDance and Sunanda Narayanan, Thillai Fine Arts Academy. 

“Drawn In”, Premiere.  January 31, 2015, Music:  “Music for 18 musicians”, Steve Reich.  Dance Currents, Inc. presents “Drawn In” with guest artists from DanceVisions, Inc. at Green Street Studios and with artists Robert Murrell and Dean Capper in a multimedia production of dance, poetry, music and live art.  As a work in progress,  “Next Steps”, a fundraiser for Green Street Studios, January 26, 2014.

“Braiding”, Premiere. May 31, June 1 and 2, 2013, Music:  “Fantaisie” by Saint Saens.  Green Street Studio, Across the Ages Dance. Also done for “Charge the Air” at Green Street Studio, Cambridge, MA. May 12, 2013.

(Production of Reconstructions)  One Hundred Years of Modern Dance, 1/9/2011 at Cambridge YMCA.  Premiere.  Dances by Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Charles Weidman, Anna Sokolow, Donald McKayle, Jose’ Limon, David Parsons and Robert Battle.   The Dance Inn, Regent Theater, Underground, 7 Medford Street, Arlington Center, September 28, 2013.  Lecture/Demonstration and workshops. “Chaos or Connection, Living the Legacy of Modern Dance”, March 13, 2012 One Hundred Years of Modern Dance, January 9 and 30,2011 at Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre, 820 Massachusetts Avenue 02139. Currents of Contemporary Dance, A program of Ms. Hassinger’s work as well as work by Donald McKayle, David Parsons, and Anna Sokolow.

“The Haiku Project,” Premiere. March 16 and 17, 2012, Music:  “Toward the Sea” by Toru Takemitsu. The Dance Concert, The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre, at The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.  Dance for World Community, June, 2012.

“Eleusian Fields and Fates”, Premiere. Music:  Haydn String Quartet in G major.  In Myths, Memories and Shadows of Morning, The Dance Complex, March 27, 28th, 2010. Ceres and Persephone, a section of “Eleusian Fields and Fates”, January 23 and 24 at the Dance Complex as part of On Common Ground, a Shared Choreographer’s Concert. Also. April 29, 30, 2011 as part of  “Flowering Vine”, at The Dance Complex, April 29th and 30, 2011.

“Winding Road” Premiere.  April 29, 30, 2011.  Music by Ian and Sylvia, as part of “Flowering Vine”, at The Dance Complex, April 29, 30, 2011.  Music, Ian and Sylvia.

“Dayspring,” Premiere, March 4th, 2008, Music:  “Dayspring” by Dr. Delvyn Case, composer. Also performed March 28th, 2009 at Eastern Nazarene College as part of their Musica Eclectica Series. Also, March 27 and 28, 2010 at The Dance Complex as part of Myths, Memories and Shadows of Morning.

“The Sea” (2008) Premiere. Inspired by a poem of Barbara Kennard’s, “Into the Blue”.  Dance Currents on Sunday Afternoon, Brookline Tai Chi, 8/17/08. Music by Rachmaninoff, “Vocalize.” Also as part of Musica Eclectica, Eastern Nazarene College, March 28, 2009, and The Haiku Project, The Dance Complex, March 16 and 17, 2012.

“The Songbird and the Soldiers” (2008). Premiere. December 18 & 19, 2008 Music:  Harmonica compositions by Richard Hunter for The Holiday Show at the Dance Complex, December 2007.  Also March 28th, 2009, Eastern Nazarene College, part of the Musica Eclectica Series.  Dance for World Community, June, 2009. 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.

“Ressourcement “( 2007), Premiere.  Music:  Bach’s Cello Concerto in D.  March 23, 2007 at Eliot Church, Newton. Also at Green Street Studios, July 26, 2007 announcement of incorporation.  Also, Musica Eclectica, Eastern Nazarene College, March 4, 2008 and The lunchtime series at the Dance Complex, sponsored by Coldwell Bankers. Sarabande , Gavotte, and  Gigue performed October 12, 2007 for Arts Central, Central Square Business Association. The final section, “Welcome Joy”, to the Gigue performed on October 28, 2007 for Mixed Space in Lowell, Ma.  Also, all of the piece for A Mother’s Day Concert, May 13, 2012, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookline, MA. All of the piece for  ”Angels Afoot”, March 17th, 2013, May 13, 2012 at Green Street Studios. And again for Spring Celestials, a concert of dance and music with Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, March 13, 2014 at First Church Cambridge, and March 16, 2014 at Newton City Hall.

“Waylaid”, (2006) Premiere.  January 27 and 28.  Music:  “Ode to a Butterfly” by Nickel Creek, at The Dance Complex, a Shared Choreographers Concert,  Bodies in Motion. Also performed at Currents of Contemporary Masters, December 8, 2006, at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. “Myths, Memories and Shadows of Morning”, April, 2011, at The Dance Complex, The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre, at The Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA.

“Oasis” (2006), Premiere. October 7 and 8, Music:  Sonata #32, Opus 111 Beethoven.  Performed for 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. Also performed at Currents of Contemporary Masters, December 8, 2006, at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

“Clash” (2005). Premiere.  Music:  “Piano Variations” by Aaron Copland.  Performed for “Three Modern Choreographers at Triskelion Arts” Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn NY, July 16, 2005. Also on July 26th, 2007 at Green Street Studios in celebration of incorporation. Musica Eclectica Series sponsored by Eastern Nazarene College, March 4, 2008. Also performed at Currents of Contemporary Masters, December 8, 2006, at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

“Skylight” (2004).  Premiere.  Music:  Concerto #7 in D major, Corelli, February 6 and 7, as part of a Shared Choreographers’ Concert, Moving ToWords. November 5 and 6th as part of Dances to the Music of Archangelo Correlli, The Dance Complex, Julie Ince Thompson Theatre. April 10, 2005 at Newton Country Day

“Emergence” (2004) Premiere. November 5 and 6th to music of Corelli’s concerto #8 in G minor as part of Dances to the Music of Archangelo Correlli, The Dance Complex, Julie Ince Thompson Theatre. 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. A Mother’s Day Concert, May 13, 2012, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookline, MA. ”Angels Afoot”, March 17th, 2013, May 13, 2012. Spring Celestials, a concert of dance and music with Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, March 13, 2014 at First Church Cambridge, and March 16, 2014 at Newton City Hall.

“Pulse“ (2004) Premiere. Music:  “The Follia”, by Corelli.  November 5 and 6th to music of Corelli’s “Follia” as part of Dances to the Music of Archangelo Correlli, The Dance Complex, Julie Ince Thompson Theatre. Performed for “Three Modern Choreographers at Triskelion Arts” Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn NY, July 16, 2005. Also for Charge the Air”.  At Green Street Studio, Cambridge, MA. May, 2013.

“Penumbra”(2003) Premiere.  January 24 and 25, Music:   Bohuslav Martinu’, as part of A Shared Choreographer’ Concert, “Unfolding Portraits. “  

“Women Waiting”. (2001) Premiere, Music:  Louis Prima.  As part of A Shared Choreographer’s Concert at The Dance Complex     and “A Collection of Dances”, September, 2002 at Green Street Studios.

“Pointe Vierge.” (1999).  Premiere. To music of Louise Farrenc and Nadia Boulanger for a Shared Choreographer’s Concert at The Dance Complex,  The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Spring Midday Performance Series March 2, 2000. and  “A Collection of Dances”, September, 2002 at Green Street Studios.   Reworked and renamed  “Dawn” , March 2013 for The Haiku Project ,  A Mother’s Day Concert, May 13, 2012, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookline, MA and ”Angels Afoot”, December 9th, 2013 at Green Street Studios. “Dawn” was also performed for Spring Celestials, March 13, 2014 at First Church Cambridge, and March 16, 2014 at Newton City Hall, a concert of dance and music with Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston.

“Argonauta”(1999).  Premiere to Vivaldi’s “Spring” in April, as part of a Shared Choreographer’s Concert.