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 The Google street view is outdated; eco-friendly landscaping now distinguishes the building.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 Angelle at angelleteeth at gmail.

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

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.

Fall Classes at the mOuth!

Shannon Stewart

Philip Elson’s Advanced Technique

“By investigating sensations of the body, dynamics are tested while simplicity is found in form and function. New relationships are created amongst bodies and the space they inhabit by challenging the extremes of three-dimensional motion.”

Every Monday 6:00 – 7:15 pm,
$12 Drop-In | $50 Five Class Card

Shannon Stewart’s Gyrokinesis

“Gyrokinesis deepens our understanding of core strength to include qualities of suppleness, length and expansion. Developed by a professional dancer for dancers seeking long and healthy careers.”

Tues 5:00 – 6:15pm.
$10 drop-in.

Shannon Stewart’s Int/Adv. Technique

“Weaving together codified technique with risk taking and imaginative improvisation, this class will give you the strength and tools to follow your desire and understand your body’s own movement system.”

Wed 9:30 – 11:15am (no class Wed Oct 5th)
$12 Drop-In | $50 Five Class Card

Linda K. Johnson’s Experiments in Technique for the Adventurous Dancer

“We will graze widely from many contemporary dance forms, ideas and practices in an attempt to blur the boundary between improvisational, compositional and technical training concerns.  Working with this hybrid sensibility, we will play with preparing the body and mind to be as flexible and fluid as possible.”

Thurs. 9:30-11:15a
Sept. 22 – Dec. 15, 2011
$15 drop-in | $60/5 classcard | $100/10 classcard

Home Made at TBA: Sept. 10-15

tEEth’s Home Made opens this Saturday as part of the TBA Festival!

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) has held their Time-Based Art Festival since 2003. It is the Northwest’s most exciting convergence of contemporary performance art. tEEth is one of only a few Portland art-makers representing the Northwest region in this international festival.

Home Made will run September 10-15 at the mOuth:

Saturday, Sept 10 | 6:30-7:30 pm
Sunday, Sept 11 | 6:30-7:30 pm
Monday, Sept 12 | 8:30-9:30 pm
Tuesday, Sept 13 | 8:30-9:30 pm
Wednesday, Sept 14 | 8:30-9:30 pm
Thursday, Sept 15 | 8:30-9:30 pm

For tickets to the show and TBA festival passes click here.

Refreshments will be available at the performance.

There’s more!

On Saturday, September 10th, right after opening night, follow tEEth to The WORKS at Washington High School, TBA Festival headquarters. tEEth has been asked to recreate “Splinter,” a crowd favorite from TBA:06, for Ten Tiny Dances #25.

For tickets to Ten Tiny Dances click here.

Friday Night Movie #3

This Friday, September 2nd, Hand2Mouth presents the third and final installment of their Summer Screen series at the mOuth! Gear up with some earmuffs and a performance prospectus for B.C., Janvier 1545, Fontainebleau, a nightmarish tableaux conceived by French choreographer/enfant terrible Christian Rizzo of l’Association Fragile. Starring famed ballerina and dance muse Julie Guibert. Doors open at 7pm, movie starts at 7:30. Tickets $5 at the door. For more information on Hand2Mouth’s Summer Screens, please visit their website. Watch the trailer here. Get your prospectus here.