Welcome to the mOuth!

The mOuth is located at 810 SE Belmont. Google map. The Google street view is outdated; eco-friendly landscaping now distinguishes the building.

The mOuth is a sprung dance floor 40′ wide by 50′ deep. It has modern theatrical lighting, an excellent sound system, and seating for 40-100 audience members. More information about the mOuth’s technical resources is here.

The mOuth hosts a wide variety of classes and performances. We are currently seeking weekend performances and weekday classes before 6 pm. For more information about upcoming events please look at our calendar. For more information about renting the space please send a brief description of your event to Subashini Ganesan at subashinig@gmail.

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing you at the mOuth.

The Shadows! This Friday!

One night only! Studio Two will be transformed into a magical frozen lake where the Shadows tell their tales. Some happy, some sad, all accompanied by beautiful music and featuring some of Portland’s most talented Vaudevillians. Don’t miss it!

For more information and tickets, please visit the Shadows website.

Tahni Holt Benefit Saturday March 31

Featuring:
TAHNI HOLT with Robert Tyree, Lucy Yim and musician Thomas Thorson: Hot off their performance at Movement Research at Judson Church in NYC, Tahni and Dancers perform an excerpt of SUNSHINE, a duet between performers Robert Tyree and Lucy Yim. SUNSHINE seduces many logics into embodiment: sculpture, glamour, little cities, mass production, homeless camps and resourcefulness.

TAHNI HOLT + NATE QUERY: A rare opportunity to experience a duet between Nate with his stand up bass and Tahni with her 8 ½ month pregnant belly. A quartet of sorts, Nate and Tahni have constructed a dance of obstructions, destinations and shapes.

LINDA K. JOHNSON: Will perform her TEDX dance Lecture The Habit of Being. In the wonderful tradition of master dance artist Simone Forti, she will be moving dancing, (otherwise known as dancing and talking).

AMY O/tinyrage: Known to Portland audiences for her groundbreaking performances in PICA’s TBA Festival (2003 + 2009) as well has her work with Reggie Watts, she brings the work in progress The Most Innovative, Daring, and Original Piece of Dance/Performance You Will See This Decade. The piece deconstructs some of Amy O’s past and recent influences (Hip Hop culture, classicism, Cyndi Lauper, Ciara, Big Boi, MTV, You Tube, Dub Step, money, feminism, the economics of the body) and questions the way performance is sold and bought through the female perspective.

Tickets will be sold at the door.

SUNSHINE is supported in part by a grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

Technical Director/Lighting Designer for the event: Alex Gagne-Hawes

Hope Mohr Dance Sunday April 1

“Plainsong is one of Hope’s finest works yet.”
“[A] bold and visionary company . . . Mohr thoughtfully pairs her own rigorously crafted and emotionally resonant choreography with work of other artists, thus creating a provocative aesthetic “call and response” not often seen elsewhere in the U.S.”

This Sunday, April 1st. No joke! For more information, please visit http://hopemohr.org/.

Preview: Hope Mohr April 1st!

Hope Mohr Dance is coming North! The company will perform March 29 and 30 at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, WA, and April 1 at the mOuth. The Company’s touring program includes Reluctant Light (2012) and Plainsong (2011). In addition to performances Mohr will present master classes in both cities.

The S.F. Examiner has described Mohr’s work as “like Zen calligraphy” and “humanistic.” Mohr’s movement blends pedestrian, modern and classical forms to create “a unique and exquisite aesthetic” (Daily Californian). The S.F. Bay Guardian called the company’s 2010 home season “rigorously crafted” and “unusually satisfying.”

The Pacific Northwest tour program will feature the premiere of Mohr’s Reluctant Light with music by cellist Helen Money and set design by Zakary Zide. In Reluctant Light six dancers explore what it means to surrender. Mohr explained, “In the words of poet Carolyn Forche, ‘We are so made that nothing contents us.’ Only when we surrender to the ephemeral can we experience freedom and intimacy. But how do we surrender?”

Plainsong (2011) is Mohr’s first solo performance since she was a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company 2000-2005. It features music by Erin Gee and a set design by Katrina Rodabaugh. Inspired by the figure of Penelope in The Odyssey, this poetic dance combines classical and contemporary tropes of weaving, waiting and female inner life. Plainsong premiered at the 2011 San Francisco International Arts Festival to critical acclaim. Portions of Plainsong were made during an Irvine Fellowship in the Lucas Artist Residency Program at the Montalvo Arts Center.

Tickets go on sale March 1st. Visit brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006.

For more information on Hope Mohr and her tour please visit the company website at www.hopemohr.org or read their blog at www.hopemohrdance.wordpress.com.

Hand2Mouth This Weekend!

Fertile Ground is here and Portland’s exploding with new original theater pieces! This weekend the mOuth is proud to host the first workshop showing of Hand2Mouth Theatre‘s new production, Something’s Got A Hold of My Heart. “Tumultuous and tender feelings of love hang thick in the air and six performers lay their bodies down and fight to keep their love alive”–ooh la la!

Get your tickets here!

Sambo, Salsa, y Sabor!

This Friday at 6 pm, the Tree Institute presents an evening of dance, poetry, and music. All supporting the Tree Institutes education and outreach efforts. For more information and for tickets, please visit the Tree Institute’s website at http://www.thetreeinstitute.org/.

Devoted Performs This Weekend

One weekend only! Don’t miss the Natya Leela Academy’s thoughtful exploration of the intersections between traditional dance forms and modern spirituality. Devotions finds connections between Bharathanatyam, Japanese dance & taiko, and modern dance. Lovely dance reveals shining souls. Artistic director Subashini Ganesan in collaboration with Michelle Fujii and Jamuna Dasi. Lighting design by mOuth technical director Alex Gagne-Hawes. For more information and to buy tickets, please visit the Natya Leela Academy’s website.

Another Weekend for Children’s Games!

Seth Nehil and his cast are having a marvelous time with Children’s Games. The set is struck for the mOuth’s weekly dance classes but the haunting chords of their music remain.

Look forward to another weekend November 4, 5 and 6. Nightly at 8 pm. We have earplugs for the parts that get scary and loud.

Children’s Games: Oct. 28-Nov. 6

Portland composer and performance artist Seth Nehil presents Children’s Games, a brand-new work, this week at the mOuth!

“A dark pseudo-narrative about a feral child, captured and trained by a scientist, who finds himself caught in a cinematic nightmare.”

Read more about Children’s Games here.

Show times:
Friday Oct. 28
Saturday Oct. 29
Sunday Oct. 30
Friday Nov. 4
Saturday Nov. 5
Sunday Nov. 6

For more information about the performance and to purchase tickets, please visit Seth Nehil’s website.

Palace of Crystal: Oct. 7-16

Bobbevy, the Portland dance company formerly known as Hot Little Hands, presents a new evening-length performance at the mOuth!

Bobbevy combines dance with transformative installations to create thought-provoking multidisciplinary experiences. This new work considers the desire for happiness at odds with the acceptance of truth.

Show dates:

Friday, October 7
Saturday, October 8
Sunday, October 9
Friday, October 14
Saturday, October 15
Sunday, October 16

Palace of Crystal is conceived and directed by choreographer Suniti Dernovsek and visual designer David Stein. Dancers: Keely McIntyre, Jessica Hightower, and Richard Decker. Featuring original music by Ash Black Buffalo and light design by mOuth technical director Alex Gagne-Hawes.

Tickets are $15 general, $12 students/seniors.
All performances are at 8pm.

For more information and to purchase tickets please visit Bobbevy’s website.