<br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoHeader"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<p /></font></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoHeader"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">Contact: Nancy Pierce, Zeal PR, Inc. 330-777-0245<p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href="mailto:nancy@zealpr.com"><font face="Calibri">nancy@zealpr.com</font></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri"> <p /></font></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For more information on Dianne McIntyre: </span></b><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.diannemcintyre.com/">www.diannemcintyre.com</a><p /></span></font></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For more information on Olu Dara: </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.oludara.info/">www.oludara.info</a><p /></span></font></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><p><font face="Calibri"> </font></p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font
face="Calibri">GroundWorks DanceTheater to present <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">WORLD PREMIER</i><p /></font></span></b></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri">of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">JUST YESTERDAY</i> by<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </i>DIANNE McINTYRE in collaboration with composer OLU DARA<p /></font></span></b></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><p><font face="Calibri"> </font></p></span></b></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri">Performances at the beautiful new BREEN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS on the campus of St. Ignatius in Ohio City<p /></font></span></b></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><p><font face="Calibri"> </font></p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Cleveland, Ohio (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">January 4, 2010</i>) – Northeast Ohio’s premier dance company will perform the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">world premier</b> of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Just Yesterday </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>by internationally renowned choreographer <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dianne McIntyre </b>and composer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Olu Dara</b> at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday, January 22 and 23, 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Concerts both nights will begin at 8 pm.<p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">McIntyre</b> created the commissioned work while in residence with GroundWorks DanceTheater, now in its 11<sup>th</sup> season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dara,</b> with whom she has worked for over 20 years, composed the musical score which will be performed live by guitarists Dan Wilson and Phillip Smith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Just Yesterday,” </i>said Artistic Director David Shimotakahara, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“</i>connects us to stories from past generations and finds resonance in the space between what is remembered and what is lost.”<p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>The program will also include <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Delayed</i> by Zvi Gotheiner (</font><a href="http://www.zvidance.com/"><font face="Calibri">www.zvidance.com</font></a><font face="Calibri">) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Polarity</i> by Shimotakahara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Breen Center is at 2008 W. 30<sup>th</sup> Street on the campus of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland (Ohio
City).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>McIntyre, a Cleveland native, has choreographed works for film, television, the Broadway stage and London theater, as well as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After earning her BFA from the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University, she moved to New York in 1970 and founded “Dance in Motion,” a collaborative dance/music ensemble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She has won numerous dance awards and grants, including the 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship.<p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white"
class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Olu Dara </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">has been prolific in the world of music, dance and theater since 1963, and is best known for creating a roots-based musical style that combines blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, Caribbean and African rhythms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He’s been compared to trumpeter Louis Armstrong and called the modern equivalent of the itinerant traveling musician/historian of years past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dara’s main recordings are <i>“In the World: From Natchez to New York”</i> and “<i>Neighborhoods.”</i> He has been honored with the New York Jazz Award for Stylistic Fusion, France’s d’Or International Trophy in Blues and three AUDELCO Awards. In addition to playing the “pocket” trumpet, guitar,
harmonica and a wooden aboriginal instrument, Dara is a vocalist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“I sing about women, food and life in general,” </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><p /></span></font></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Tickets are $22 for general admission and $15 for seniors and students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more when reserved in advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tickets are available through the Breen Box Office at 216-961-2560 or </font><a href="http://www.ignatius/edu/breencenter"><font face="Calibri">www.ignatius/edu/breencenter</font></a><font face="Calibri">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For more information call GroundWorks<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>at 216-691-3180.<p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri">GroundWorks DanceTheater was recently named “Best Dance Company in Cleveland” by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Scene Magazine, </i>and was voted “One of 25 to Watch” by <em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Dance</span></em> <em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Magazine</span></em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>GroundWorks was founded by Shimotakahara in 1998 and is dedicated to the development and presentation of new choreography and collaborations, most notably with composers of new music. The six-member Company celebrates the richness of choreography in contemporary dance and performs new works by
Shimotakahara and artistic director Amy Miller, as well as commissioned work by nationally and internationally acclaimed choreographers including Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Gina Gibney, David Parker and others. <p /></font></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">GroundWorks DanceTheater’s annual programs are made possible thanks to the generous support of: The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Arts Council, Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Akron Community Foundation, The GAR Foundation, The Knight Foundation, Toby Devan Lewis Philanthropic Fund, AHS Foundation, The Murphy Foundation, The Kulas Foundation, the Lehner Family Foundation, The Judith Gerson Fund, Northern Ohio Golf Charities, Target Stores, Cleveland <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Scene</i>, The University of Akron School of Theater Dance and Arts Administration, Michael Owen/Millworks Gallery, Cleveland City Dance, Individual Contributors, and Members of the GroundWorks Board of Trustees.<p /></font></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">- end -<p /></font></span></p>