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For Immediate Release Who: Dance Currents, Inc. What: “Dayspring� Where: Eastern Nazarene College, as part of their Musica Eclectica Series, Cove Center Auditorium, Waterston Ave., Quincy, Ma. 02170 and Brookline Tai Chi, 1611 Beacon Street, Brookline, Ma. 02446 When: March 28th at 8pm for Eastern Nazarene Sunday, May 10th, 3pm at Brookline Tai Chi Tix/Res: $10 at Eastern Nazarene, and $15/$12 for Boston Dance Alliance members at Brookline Tai Chi. Call 617-965-1569 for reservations Contact: Kathy Hassinger phone: 617-965-1569, e-mail: kathyhassinger@verizon.net Three works in the repertory of Dance Currents, Inc. will be presented along with a Limon Etude, arranged by Carla Maxwell for the American Dance Legacy Institute. Hannah Blitzblau, a graduate of Brown University, who recently received a Phd in biology from MIT will perform the solo. She has performed with Dance Currents for six years and also with Kelley Donovan and Heather Bryce in Boston and with the American Dance Legacy in Providence. The program begins with The Sea, choreographed by Ms. Hassinger to Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalize�, and premiered at Brookline Tai Chi in August, 2008. The Songbird and the Soldiers, the next piece on the program will be danced to the solo harmonica music of Richard Hunter, who will play live for the March 28th performance. The third piece is the Limon Etude, and the last piece in the program, Dayspring Dayspring is a collaboration between the composer Delvyn Case (delvyncase.com) and Ms. Hassinger. . According to Mr. Case, "Dayspring, an archaic work for sunrise, is an apt title for a piece concerned with openings and beginnings. Many of the small-scale and large-scale musical elements of the piece are open-ended, with the goal of creating a satisfying yet fully unrealized musical experience. Like its visual inspiration, I hope Dayspring implies limitless possibility and joyful expectation. The intense quiet of the ending reminds me of the infinitesimal moment just before the first ray of light appears over the horizon." Dayspring will be played live on March 28th with Brady Millican on the piano and Rane Moore on clarinet. The company of seven dancers include Hannah Blitzblau, Jen Carr, Melissa Dupuis, Sarah Evans, Kendra Heithoff, Cathryn McCann and Mina Muraoka. Mrs. Hassinger is working with a new group of dancers who combine the breath and strength of modern dance with the line and musicality of ballet.