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2021 Dancing Moments - In Flight

Captured in process w/ Hope Mohr Dance for Before Bacchae, premiering Sept 2021. With the amazing Belinda He.

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(Alone Together) ² premieres at ODC Theater Festival

Spending many hours in a place can have two effects on person - it becomes too predictable and ceases to evolve; or you become curious about what else it has to offer.  Catherine Galasso’s (Kat) work Alone Together, which I had the pleasure of performing in with a brilliant cast, evoked the latter reaction. We the cast were a group of people in a theater that many of us had performed in, watched performances in, or worked for in various capacities. With some much history, what could we make that felt both unique and specific to this space?

While we weren’t able to come together for the remount due to the pandemic, Kat always manages to find a way to bring people together. And so (Alone Together) ² came to be. Part-documentary, part-mystery poem, the film includes both spoken and embodied reflections on our time together.

It premieres tonight June 4, 2021 at 6PM (PDT) as part of ODC Theater’s Festival, with streaming access available through June 30th.

More info at: odc.dance/festival

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EPOCH Sneak Peek - via Twitch

I’ve been holding on to a large box for the entirety of the pandemic. It became of symbol of artistic possibility, a partner with which to improvise during the endless days and nights of urban quarantine. With quarantine behind us (for now), it’s time to part ways. 

The box came from Malaysia, likely from a factory, across the ocean in a dark container. Then it spent months in my Oakland apartment. The least I could do was give it a proper send off. In nature, surrounded by beauty, with all the time in the world, we shared one last dance, and said goodbye. 

The result will be streamed as part of Choreographer Christy Funsch’s 12-hour EPOCH, a slow tv-like experiment featuring recorded and live contributions by 14+ artists. 

Tune in, or out, then again in, and out, and in, at your leisure. EPOCH will stream on Saturday May 22,2021 from 9AM - 9PM (Pacific Time) on Twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/funschdance

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Upcoming Virtual Premiere - F L A V E D O O M

Excited to be (virtually) premiering F L A V E D O O M, an experimental short screen dance as part of the Merde Project FEB. 26 - 27, 6pm PST

Sharing highlights from the brainstorming/rehearsal process with co-creator Shareen DeRyan for this cautionary tale about consumption and the perils of too much orange. The film draws inspiration from The Blob & Quién Puede Matar A Un Niño, two pre-CGI horror films.

In addition to our contribution The event will also feature new shorts by dance artists Lanier McKinney, Cyan Cian, Samuel Melecio-Zambrano, Cameron McKinney, & Melissa Lewis (Deuce Lee). 

Tickets: $15, available at merdeproject.com

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2020 Improvisation

Ending 2020 on a high note? 

Capture by Shareen De Ryan. In rehearsal for the Merde Project 2021.

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Coming Soon: Merde Project 2021

Two classic, analog horror films inspire a theatrical screen dance, a cautionary tale about consumption and the perils of too much orange.

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2020 Improvisation: Gesture Research

For a forthcoming film project inspired by the Blob and ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?

Music by Annie Hart.

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2020 Improvisation: Gesture Research

For a forthcoming film project inspired by the Blob and ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?

Music by Annie Hart.

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2020 Improvisation: Dance of Adjustment 

A response to a conversation on ways inclusion/exclusion show up in the body.

Created for GERALDCASELDANCE's "Not About Race Dance" process.

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Let Slip the Witches (2019)

In April of 2019, I stepped in for a close friend in Amy Foley’s Let Slip the Witches. The material, developed over the course of a year, was intricate and powerful, full of heart and drama. My practice during shelter-in-place has become a combination of sounding, somatics, and 80′s aerobics. It was nice to watch this and relive what it was like to inhabit a dancing body. And be in a theater!

Also, Sarah JG Chenoweth had some really nice words to say about the evening and the work.

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Pre-show warm up in effect. Photos by Stephen Texeira.

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In November 2018, I had the pleasure of performing in choreographer Aura Fischbeck’s DUSK. Throughout 2018, we worked consistently and rigorously with improvisational scores, as a foundation for movement invention and choreographic structure, tuning our awareness to the subtle shifts that happen in the body, in space, in community during this magical time of the day when the sun goes down.

Julian Carter reflected on this work for SF Dance Matters.

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In performance with Hope Mohr Dance at the Moody Center for the Arts in Houston Texas inside Matthew Ritchie’s breathtaking exhibit The Demon in the Diagram. 

October 2018 // Photo by Nash Baker.

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Sappho is asking us to cross over....

Hope Mohr Dance’s extreme lyric I opens tonight at ODC Theater.

OCT 4-6, tickets available at odc.dance/mohr

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Upcoming Performance - Hope Mohr Dance presents extreme lyric I

The Greek poet Sappho is credited with inventing the “lyric I,” a point of view anchored in the first person singular. Sappho writes about the urgent needs of the body. How can we accept her invitation into embodiment? extreme lyric I is inspired by and features Anne Carson’s translations of Sappho. It is a conversation between contemporary gender identities and an ancient approach to ecstasy performed for small audiences in the round. 

WHERE: ODC Theater (3153 17th Street, SF)

WHEN: OCT 4-6, @ 7PM & 9PM

Performers: Maxe Crandall, Rose Huey (in spirit), Tara McArthur, Hope Mohr, Karla Quintero, Suzette Sagisi and Jane Selna 

TICKETS: $20 - $50, available here

(Photo: HMD Dancers Karla Quintero & Jane Selna by Margo Moritz. Concept/design by Aza Raskin.)

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When the conversation changes, so must the dance.

GERALDCASELDANCE 20th Anniversary Season, featuring Cover Your Mouth When You Smile (premiere) & Not About Race Dance (preview)

WHERE: ODC Theater (3153 17th Street, SF)

WHEN: June 13-15 @ 8pm

WHO: Arletta Anderson, Gerald Casel, Becky Chaleff, Kevin Lopez, Peiling Kao, Na-ye Kim, Tara McArthur, Christina Briggs Winslow, Timothy Russell, Rodolfo Córdova, Spencer Doughtie & Aron Altmark

TICKETS: $20 - $25, available at odc.dance/smile

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Hang time - in process with Aura Fischbeck, Deborah Karp & Arletta Anderson.