tere mathern dance

Performance Works NW presents

Alembic #2
Curated by choreographer/dancer Anne Furfey
June 19-20, 2009 @ 8 p.m.
4625 SE 67th Avenue, Portland, OR
$12 for general admission, $7 for youth, Deaf, disabled, and under-employed audience members

Works by choreographers Gregg Bielemeier, Tere Mathern and Touchmonkey's Carolyn Stuart & Patrick Gracewood, all integrating video by Daniel Addy and inspired by a text from Sarah Hart.

Listen to Dmae Robert's interview with dancers Linda Austin, Anne Furfey and Tere Mathern about their upcoming weekend show The Portland Project at Performance Works Northwest.

White Bird Uncaged Presents

Tere Mathern Dance / Minh Tran & Company
Miller Hall, World Forestry Center
January 20-24, 2010

Commisioned by White Bird

Tere Mathern and Minh Tran are two of the Pacific Northwest's finest choreographers. Mathern is a pattern maker, acclaimed for weaving lush swirling formations with razor sharp athleticism. Minh Tran has created a body of work celebrated for its singular fusion of traditional Asian and contemporary western techniques.

In a shared program, performed in the round, Tere Mathern Dance will premiere PIVOT, set to a live score by composer Tim DuRochre, that explores the instance of transfer - the fulcrum between balance and risk. Teaming up with composer Heather Perkins and videographer David Bryant, Minh Tran & Company will perform a new work on the subject of sexual identity, based on Tran's coming-out experience. A highlight of the program is a new collaborative duet by the choreographers who have long danced for and with each other. Contains partial nudity.

Single tickets go on sale Friday, August 21, 2009.