Choreographer

For this performance, choreographer/dancer Myles Thatcher and percussionist Andy Meyerson offer a contemporary take on the classical ballet pas de deux. 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.

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The Recital: Andy Meyerson and Myles Thatcher

San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center

Three short works that highlight the brilliant range of possibilities blossoming from ballet’s vocabulary. A love letter to Bach, Helgi Tomasson’s poetic 7 for Eight, is elegant and nuanced, with an undercurrent of deep emotion flowing through excerpts from seven keyboard concertos for eight dancers. Myles Thatcher’s COLORFORMS, the break-out hit of the 2021 Digital Season that was filmed during the pandemic at SFMOMA and Golden Gate Park, finally has its stage debut! William Forsythe’s Blake Works I, set to songs from James Blake’s album The Colour in Anything, starts with ballet’s precision, speeds it up, pushes it to the limit of physicality, then refracts it like a kaleidoscope as 21 dancers are driven by pop music and joy.

Program 5

War Memorial Opera House

The season's mixed repertory program opens with Helgi Tomasson's 7 for Eight from 2004, a series of elegant solo and ensemble numbers for eight dancers and set to portions of four of Bach's keyboard concertos. 7 for Eight includes black-on-black costume designs by Sandra Woodall and lighting designs by David Finn.

Choreographer

Myles Thatcher

Events

Past events

Feb 1, 2026

The Recital: Andy Meyerson and Myles Thatcher · San Francisco Performances

14 - 19 Mar, 2023

Program 5 · San Francisco Ballet

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