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Repertory and Past Projects

Plainsong (2011)
"A fragile meditation," this 20-minute solo incorporates a set of red yarn by Katrina Rodabaugh and is inspired by the figure of Penelope in The Odyysey.

The Unsayable (2011)
Bringing together military veterans and dancers to explore personal stories through movement and text.

Far From Perfect (2010)
Mohr's "best work yet" (S.F. Bay Guardian)
Nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award, this emotionally charged exploration of forgiveness featured commissioned poetry by Brenda Hillman, the music of William Duckworth, and design by David Szlasa.

A Fine Romance (2009)
Commissioned duet for Montalvo Arts Center Summer Gala to live jazz violin.

The Force that Drives the Flower (2009)
Evening-length re-telling of the myth of Demeter and Persephone; set by environmental designer Zakary Zide features dirt and moss with which the dancers interact.
Original cast: Ashley Burnett, Jennifer Chien, Joseph Copley, Cameron Growden,
Emily Hite, Tegan Schwab, Michael Separovich
Premiere: Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Music: Igor Stravinsky, Concerto in D and Score by Paul Fowler
Set: Zakary Zide
Costumes: Connie Strayer

The Grief Room (2008)
Solo inspired by Trisha Brown's Locus.
Dancer: Emily Hite
Premiere: The Garage, San Francisco

salto ergo sum (2008)
Site-specific Stanford Lively Arts Commission
Original cast: Jennifer Chien, Deborah Miller, Hope Mohr, Julie Sheetz
Premiere: Stanford University

Moments of Being (2008)
Quintet for men and women that weaves listening-based improvisation and classical vocabulary to a soundscape of found sound and Bach. 
Original Cast:  Ashley Burnett, Cameron Growden, Emily Hite, Kyle Marinshaw, Greta Schoenberg
Music: J.S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in C Minor
Costumes: Connie Strayer
Sound Design: Kristin Miltner
Premiere: Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

Under the skin (2007)
Dancers and community performers move through a tapestry of video and text exploring medical imagery of the female body.

"A beautiful, rich, complex work" --Janice Ross, dance historian

Original Cast: Susie Brain, Jasmine Chiu, Adrienne Chung, Madeline Graber, Katharine Hawthorne, Kathleen Magner, Cori Marquis, Carol Schultz
Video: Douglas Rosenberg
Sound Design: Andrea Williams
Costumes: Connie Strayer
A Stanford Dance Division commission made possible through the generous support of the Michelle Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the Patrick Suppes Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology.

The Language of the Listening Body (2006)
Public soundwalk events in Manhattan and Long Island City with dancers and members of the general public explored listening and movement in the urban environment.
Artistic Collaborator/Acoustic Ecologist: Michelle Nagai
Dancer Participants:  Biba Bell, Robbie Cook, Lise Brenner, Laura Hymers, Alejandra Martorell, Yves Musard, Rebecca Wender.
Made possible through the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance (iLAND).

Elision (2006/2008)
A lush ensemble work based on the somatic experience of memory.
Original Cast: Marcela Delgado, Cori Marquis, Tina Z. Mayers, Anastasia Nevin, Marci Sanchez, Nicole Thompson, Abby Williams
Music: Somei Satoh
Costumes: Connie Strayer
Premiere: American College Dance Festival
Made possible by the Stanford University Dance Division, Mary Edith Clifford Award for Alumni Choreography.

 

More awake when dreaming (2005)
A poetic physical theater piece explores identity as collapsible fiction. Through a collage of spoken word, energetic state, and inventive movement, the piece takes a wry look at the stories we tell ourselves.
Original cast: Tricia Brouk, Jennifer Howard, Hope Mohr
Costumes: Mandy Kirschner
Premiere: Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City

Allow me to say goodbye(2005)
Made through the use of aleatory procedures, this quintet explores themes of distance and desire through falling and receding figures.
Original cast: Emily Hite, Songhua Hu, Sophie Messer, Sarah Sullivan, Nicole Thompson
Music: Score four by Carolyn Chen, Matthew Czinger, Elizabeth Luvada Donald, Jeffrey Trevino
Costumes: Diane Frank
Premiere: Encounter:Merce, Stanford University
Made possible through a Stanford Lively Arts commission.

Doctor Atomic
Assistant to Lucinda Childs, Doctor Atomic, San Francisco Opera, October 2005. Music by John Adams, Libretto by Peter Sellars. Notated Ms. Childs' choreography and assisted with movement development. View Diagram

Point of Departure (1999)
A spare psychological solo.
Cast: Hope Mohr
Music: Untitled electronic composition 1989 by Michael Schumacher
Premiere: Merce Cunningham Studio

Performance History

2nd Sundays Salon
Work in Progress: Reluctant Light
San Francisco
December 11, 2011

Free Fall Showing
Work in progress: Reluctant Light

San Francisco
December 9, 2011

Central Market Arts Festival (Free)
Excerpt from Far From Perfect
San Francisco
September 24, 2011

San Francisco International Arts Festival
Premiere of Plainsong
Southside Theater, Fort Mason
May 20-22, 2011

Fourth Home Season
Z Space, San Francisco
Premiere of The Unsayable
also featuring guest artist Liz Gerring Dance Company
March 3-6, 2011

Flash Forward 2011
Z Space Season Preview (Free)
Excerpt from The Unsayable
February 24, 2011

Informal Showing of Excerpt from The Unsayable (Free)
Margaret Jenkins Dance LAB

December 10, 2010

Makeup Mutiny # 5 (Presented by Samantha Giron Dance Project)
San Francisco
Excerpt from The Unsayable
December 5, 2010

Montalvo Arts Center
New Directions Series/Carriage House Theater
Repertory evening
October 15, 2010

Central Market Arts Festival (Free)
Mint Plaza, San Francisco
Far From Perfect (excerpt)
September 25, 2010

Montalvo Arts Center
Open Studio
Solo Performance of Plainsong
August 27, 2010

San Francisco Conservatory of Dance
Dancemakers Forum (Free)
Far From Perfect
April 18, 2010

Third Home Season
Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Featuring the premiere of Far From Perfect 
& work by guest choreographers:
Molissa Fenley (performing her solo Mass Balance
& Yvonne Rainer's Trio A
March 4-6, 2010

Stanford University
Studio showing of Far From Perfect
February 23, 2010

CHIME Live!
December 10, 2009
Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab, San Francisco
Excerpts from Far From Perfect and Discussion with Mentor Molissa Fenley

Montalvo Arts Center Summer Gala
September 17, 2009
Commissioned duet: A Fine Romance

Dance IS Festival
March 14th, 2009
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley, CA


Second Home Season
Featuring premiere of The Force that Drives the Flower
& Repertory:
Elision, The Grief Room
Theater Artaud, San Francisco
February 26-28, 2009

The Grief Room
Collision: Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival
New Langton Arts, San Francisco
July 19, 2008

The Grief Room (premiere)
San Francisco Performance Festival
The Garage, San Francisco
July 11-12, 2008


more awake when dreaming
Presented by Bare Bones/Curated by Randee Paufve
Shawl-Anderson, Berkeley
May 31 & June 1, 2008

salto ergo sum (premiere)
Red Rover Site-Specific Performance Event
Stanford University
May 28, 2008

Moments of Being: Repertory Evening  (more awake when dreaming, Moments of Being, Elision, Under the skin)
March 14-16, 2008
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

Water duet (from Moments of Being)
CONCEPT series, Presented by RAWdance
The James Howell Studio, San Francisco
December 2007

Under the skin (premiere)
Stanford University
May 2007