Above: Antigonick (2015) Co-Directed by Hope Mohr and Mark Jackson
Photo Margo Moritz.

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extreme lyric I (2018) highlight

Hope Mohr Dance presents "extreme lyric I" Premiere: October 3, 2018 ODC Theater, San Francisco www.hopemohr.org video by Loren Robertson Productions

extreme lyric I (2018) trailer

TICKETS ON SALE NOW https://odc.dance/mohr Hope Mohr Dance and ODC Theater co-present extreme lyric I inspired by and featuring Ann Carson's translations of the Greek poet Sappho This intimate work, a conversation between contemporary gender identities and an ancient approach to ecstasy, will be performed for small audiences in the round. Featuring projection design by Ian Winters, sound design by Theodore Hulsker and lighting and set design by Tony Shayne. Original performance text in collaboration with Maxe Crandall. Performers: Maxe Crandall, Rose Huey, Tara McArthur, Hope Mohr, Suzette Sagisi, Jane Selna and Karla Quintero. "Choreographer Hope Mohr, who brings a cerebral slant to dance’s visceral vocabulary, is interweaving Sappho’s words into “extreme lyric I,” an up-close modern dance performed in the round at ODC." --S.F. Chronicle's Fall Arts Preview Thursday - Saturday October 4-6, 2018 Shows @ 7 PM & 9 PM at ODC Theater (3153 Shotwell Street, SF) Tickets: $20 - $50 extreme lyric I is made possible through support from individual donors, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and Lighting Artists in Dance, a program of Dancers' Group. HMD will develop the work in part during a creative residency at Petronio Residency Center, a program of the Stephen Petronio Company. HMD's 2018 programming is supported by the California Arts Council, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, the Joe Goode Annex and ODC Theater.

Liam Everett and Hope Mohr Dance at SFMoMA (2017)

Precarious (2017) Highlight Reel

June 2, 2017 Video by Loren Robertson Productions - www.lorenrobertson.com

Manifesting (2016) Highlight Reel

Choreography/Direction: Hope Mohr in collaboration with the performers Text and Lyrics: Hope Mohr Performers: James Graham, Tara McArthur, Jane Selna, Jenny Stulberg, Kenny Toll, Wiley Naman Strasser Musical Composition & Direction: Beth Wilmurt Sound Design: Theodore J.H. Hulsker Lighting Design: Gabe Maxson Masks: Tiffany Amundson Costumes: Tegan Schwab Additional Vocal Coaching: Ashten Smith Fight Coaching: Dave Maier Premiere: June 8, 2016, ODC Theater

Manifesting (2016) Promo

Video: Loren Robertson Productions Text/Lyrics/Choreography: Hope Mohr Sound Design: Theodore Hulsker Music: Beth Wilmurt

The Slow Line (Collaboration with Tracy Taylor Grubbs 2015)

This video is about Slow Line #2 Feb 4, 2015

Stay (2015) Highlights
I was drawn to painter Francis Bacon's commitment to subverting narrative in his creative process through the use of "free marks"-- throwing paint and other improvisational procedures designed to bring chaos into an otherwise carefully composed canvas. I'm also drawn to the co-existence, in Bacon's work, of formal composition and difficult subject matter. Rather than recreate Bacon's imagery, Stay echoes the impact of a Bacon painting: visceral punch, emotional disturbance. 

Choreography by Hope Mohr. Co-produced with ODC Theater. Sound design: Teddy Hulsker Lighting and set: David Szlasa Costumes: Tiffany Amundson Dancers: Tegan Schwab, James Graham, Patrick Barnes, Michael Galloway, Lindsey Renee Derry. Video by Loren Robertson Productions - www.lorenrobertson.com

Anne Carson’s ANTIGONICK for Shotgun Players, co-directed by Hope Mohr and Mark Jackson

A look behind the scenes of Shotgun Players' Production of Antigonick Written by Anne Carson Co-directed by Mark Jackson & Hope Mohr Long time Shotgun artist Mark Jackson joins forces with choreographer Hope Mohr to co-direct this epic struggle between the forces of law and the ties that bind. www.shotgunplayers.org/online/antigonick Shot and Stitched up by Peter Ruocco Cam: BMPCC NLE: Premiere

s(oft is)hard (2014)
S(oft is)hard continues my interest in writing as part of choreographic thinking. Starting at age nine, I kept a journal to hear my own voice. Journaling is a form of repetition, but also change: at some point, I no longer needed it. My last journal dates to 2000, when I landed my first contract with a professional dance company. As I birthed a public identity as an artist, a private writing self became less necessary. The process of making s(oft is)hard involved sifting through 89 journals spanning twenty years. I kept the first and last, but the rest went into the recycling bin.  -Hope Mohr

Choreography: Hope Mohr Performer: Peiling Kao Sound: Ben Juodvalkis Video: David Szlasa Premiere: September 2014, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco S(oft is)hard continues my interest in writing as integral to choreographic thinking. Starting at age nine, I kept a journal to hear my own voice. Journaling is a form of repetition, but also change: at some point, I no longer needed it. My last journal dates to 2000, when I landed my first contract with a professional dance company. As I birthed a public identity as an artist, a private writing self became less necessary. The process of making s(oft is)hard involved sifting through 89 journals spanning twenty years. I kept the first and last, but the rest went into the recycling bin. www.hopemohr.org

2014 Repertory Highlights

Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction Promo Reel (2014)

Hope Mohr Dance www.hopemohr.org Dancers: Jeremy Bannon-Neches, Lindsey Renee Derry, James Graham, Roche Janken, David Schleiffers, Tegan Schwab Music: Henry Hung Group Design: David Szlasa

Choreography: Hope Mohr, in collaboration with the performers Dancers: Jeremy Bannon-Neches, James Graham, Katharine Hawthorne, Roche Janken, David Schleiffers, Tegan Schwab Scenic Designer: Katrina Rodabaugh Music: Partita by Caroline Shaw for Roomful of Teeth; Montmartre by Judd Greenstein for Roomful of Teeth; From the Hanna soundtrack, Chemical Brothers Lighting Design: David Szlasa Sound Design: Ben Juodvalkis Performance Text: Hope Mohr Sewing Assistant: Alex Post Video by Loren R. Robertson Productions - lorenrrobertson.com

Failure of the Sign is the Sign, a new dance by Hope Mohr commissioned by ODC Theater, premieres at ODC Theater in San Francisco May 3-5. TICKETS available at http://www.odcdance.org/performance.php?param=140 Performers include Jeremy Bannon-Neches, James Graham, Katharine Hawthorne, Roche Janken, David Schleiffers, and Tegan Schwab. Sculpture by Katrina Rodabaugh. Photo credit Margo Moritz. Video Loren Robertson. Music by Caroline Shaw for Roomful of Teeth, Made possible, in part, with commissioning funds from ODC Theater and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.