(THIS IS THE NEW ACTIVE DATE AFTER THE PRIOR TWO SCHEDULED ATTEMPTS WERE CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS)

MOTHS // Modular On The (Human) Spot:
Movement to Modular Synthesis

/// A moving meditation gently and loosely guided through the length of a live modular performance. A feedback loop of sound and human experience, a resonance of presence, an embodied listening dance communion. ///

This audience-interactive event is an experiment in interdisciplinary improvisation. MOT(H)S will be one hour long, featuring a full-duration improvised modular synth performance from Cave Cricket (Kira Sassano) alongside a physical improvisation/meditative movement/dance by attendees co-facilitated by Dasha Shleyeva and Wilder Rose. We have reserved a small number of spots for those just wishing to listen in stillness for whatever reason.

-- PHYSICAL PARTICIPATION FROM THOSE WITH A "MOVEMENT" TYPE TICKET IS EXPECTED. --

/// PHYSICAL INTERACTION BETWEEN ATTENDEES IS NOT EXPECTED BUT ALLOWED. ANY PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ATTENDEES STRICTLY REQUIRES PRIOR EXPLICIT CONSENT FROM BOTH PARTIES. ///

Small venue capacity means "Movement" tickets are limited and "Listening" tickets are extremely limited.*

*Because this event has a physical relationship to modular synthesis as its focus, with human movement at its core, there will only be a small subset of tickets open to those intending on stationary listening. Thank you for understanding the limited capacity as we endeavor to draw analogs between sound and body expression. If there is sufficient interest in this event we intend to do it again with a venue that can accommodate all dancers and listeners alike.

Sunday, January 21st 2024
7-8:30 pm
(performance begins around 7:15 but please arrive by
7pm)
Waterline Studio (part of Headwaters Theater)
@ 55 NE Farragut St #9
Portland, OR 97211
Parking Tips: Park on Farragut between Williams and Rodney and walk up the gray ramp of the clay
red building.
$15
Tickets are required to attend and space is limited. No one is turned away for lack of funds, so email info@synthlibraryportland.com for low/no-cost tickets

ABOUT THE MODULAR PERFORMER:

Cave Cricket is the moniker of Kira Sassano (she/her) since 2011. Sassano, who lives in Portland, OR, has released several albums and toured the US, DIY style. The latest release, titled “The World” came out in July 2022 on a local tape label called Bud Tapes. The sounds of Cave Cricket can be described as ranging from blissful drone folk to electronic dance to noise improv. Cave Cricket songs are meant to be encouraging, healing spells for the listener with themes of love, oneness with nature, feminist strength, the weight of grief and resisting late stage capitalism. Recent performances have incorporated silk fan dance and gang percussion from the audience. 

https://budtapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-world
IG: @kiracricket

ABOUT THE MOVEMENT FACILITATORS:

Dasha Shleyeva (she/they) is a somatic educator and a therapeutic musician. She is a neurodivergent and queer Russian immigrant who is currently in a program studying therapeutic harp playing in clinical settings. Dasha has been playing music for over 20 years, harp being the most recent addition to her repertoire. Utilizing the therapeutic harp approach, they offer amplified harp sound baths, ethereal loops, gentle field recordings, sound wave dynamics, and relaxing vocals. They love to offer embodiment education within physical-therapy based yoga classes woven with a grounding sound bath experience afterwards. Dasha’s deepest joy in life is through reciprocally sharing embodiment, autonomy, and joy for & between all beings.
www.glacialmilkarts.com
IG: @dashenkasounds

Dr. Wilder (KR) Rose (they/them) (DSOM) aka Celestial Window Restorative Arts is an acupuncturist, musician, and artist who views wellness as inextricably linked to one's ability for creative expression and vitality.  They thrive through the ability to blend their deeply cultivated expertise of the body and play within the arts to facilitate transformative and immersive experiences that elevate all mediums and humans involved to new states of balance and harmony.
www.celestialwindow.com
IG:  @celestialwindow