Hope Mohr Dance Presents Fifth San Francisco Home Season March 22, 2012

Thursday-Saturday, March 22-24, at 8 p.m.

The premiere of a new work, a rare solo performance by Hope Mohr and the Bay Area debut of New York-based choreographer/performer Dusan Tynek's company will headline the fifth San Francisco home season of Hope Mohr Dance Thursday-Saturday, March 22-24, 2012 at Z Space in San Francisco.Hope Mohr Dance (HMD) is a bold and visionary company that both creates original work and presents other contemporary choreographers, giving Bay Area audiences the opportunity to see new dance in a regional and national context. 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. The performances feature dancing imbued with emotional intensity, raw physicality alongside formal lines in space, explorations of intimacy, poetic original text, and driving, evocative music.

The March program features the premiere of Hope Mohr's "Reluctant Light", with music composed and performed live by cellist Helen Money, set by Zakary Zide and lighting by David Szlasa. The work for six dancers explores what it means to surrender. The program will also feature the first solo performance by Hope Mohr since she was a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 2000-2005 as well as works by 2012 Bridge artist Dusan Tynek, whose company has been enthusiastically recognized at home in New York (named one of the Top 5 Dance Performances of the Year by The New York Times) and on tour throughout the U.S., Europe, and Russia.

Official Website: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/219483