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Who Is Myles Thatcher?

Who Is Myles Thatcher?

Meet the Choreographer Behind COLORFORMS

Myles Thatcher is a dancer with San Francisco Ballet and a choreographer. After training at The Harid Conservatory, Ellison Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet School, he joined SF Ballet in 2010. As a dancer, he has performed principal or featured roles in many classical and contemporary ballets, including Lensky in Onegin, and Paris in the 2015 film of Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet for Lincoln Center at the Movies’ Great American Dance.

San Francisco Ballet in Thatcher’s Otherness // © Erik Tomasson

Thatcher began choreographing while a Trainee at SF Ballet School and has created five works for the School. His In the Passerine’s Clutch premiered at SF Ballet’s 2013 Repertory Season Gala, followed by Manifesto, which premiered as part of the 2015 Repertory Season; Ghost in the Machine, which premiered as part of the 2017 Repertory Season; Otherness, which premiered as part of the 2018 Unbound Festival of New Works; and COLORFORMS, which premiered as part of the 2021 Digital Season. In 2015, Thatcher also created Passengers for The Joffrey Ballet, Polaris for New York City Ballet, and Body of Your Dreams for the Rolex Arts Weekend in Mexico City.

Esteban Hernandez and Max Cauthorn in Thatcher’s Ghost In the Machine // © Erik Tomasson

Thatcher was selected by Alexei Ratmansky to participate in the 2014–15 Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative. He has been nominated for Isadora Duncan Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography for Manifesto and Ghost in the Machine.

Myles Thatcher’s COLORFORMS will receive its stage premiere as part of SF Ballet’s 2023 Season.

This was part of the 2023 Season.

Header Image: Myles Thatcher, protégé. Paris, France, 2014. © Rolex/Reto Albertalli