Rachel Howard February 11, 2021Updated: February 12, 2021, 7:13 am
The San Francisco Ballet in the world premiere of Myles Thatcher’s “Colorforms.” Photo: Ezra Hurwitz, San Francisco Ballet
Are audiences attracted by frenzied glamour and urgent escapism in these pandemic-beleaguered early days of 2021? That’s what San Francisco Ballet’s advertising has mostly served up, with tense music and all-caps headlines touting “world class ballet” brought to your living room.
Fortunately for those of us needing relief from such intensity, the mood is quite different in Myles Thatcher’s new ballet, “Colorforms,” which premieres as part of the Ballet’s digital Program 2 on Thursday, Feb. 11, and shoots off the screen like a ray of sheer, unforced pleasure.