Now in its eleventh year, San Francisco Performances’ annual PIVOT Festival is eagerly anticipated for its fresh, delightful sampling of captivating and compelling music of our time.
Guest curated this season by Andy Meyerson of San Francisco’s own The Living Earth Show, these three programs offer a thrilling and intimate survey of the networks, interconnections, and impacts of new music.
For this performance, choreographer/dancer Myles Thatcher and percussionist Andy Meyerson offer a contemporary take on the classical ballet pas de deux. Their program will include John Cage’s Child of Tree, with choreography by Merce Cunningham, a work that hasn’t been performed publicly since Cage’s death; Nicole Lizée’s The Filthy 15, with choreography by Rex Wheeler (aka Lady Camden), inspired by songs were at the center of a censorship battle in the 1980s; and a world premiere by Myles Thatcher, with music by Bach.
Myles Thatcher is a member of San Francisco Ballet and, among other works, he choreographed the company’s acclaimed Colorforms, an innovative dance and film collaboration with SFMOMA.