The Four Quartets Experience

Press

“One of the headiest dance experiences of our time.” —New Yorker

“The greatest creation of dance theater so far this century.”—The New York Times

“A Choreographer Unafraid of Masterpieces Takes on T. S. Eliot”—The New York Times

“Goings On About Town”—New Yorker

Brice Marden and Gideon Lester discuss Four Quartets set design for Gagosian Quarterly

Composer Kaija Saariaho discusses her live score with BBC's Music Matters

“Red-hot choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s take on T. S. Eliot is coming to London”—The Times

“★★★★★”—The Guardian

The Four Quartets Experience

Program

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The Four Quartets Experience

There the Dance Is

In the steps of Pam Tanowitz’s Four Quartets

Directed by Gideon Lester and Kevin Pastor

Featuring Pam Tanowitz, Kathleen Chalfant, Colin Jacobsen (The Knights), and Pam Tanowitz Dance: Kara Chan, Jason Collins, Dylan Crossman, Christine Flores, Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones, Victor Lozano, Maile Okamura, and Melissa Toogood.

What is it like to dance Four Quartets? Experience this epic performance from the other side of the curtain—through conversations with Kathleen Chalfant, Pam Tanowitz, and the dancers of the company. Filmed remotely over the summer of 2020, There the Dance Is, leads us on a journey of reflection and revelation.

The Four Quartets Experience

Presented with the support of the T. S. Eliot Foundation

"The greatest creation of dance theater so far this century.”—The New York Times

*The 2018 premiere of Four Quartets and the Four Quartets audiobook were offered as a limited stream in 2020, and are not currently available to view.

THERE THE DANCE IS:
IN THE STEPS OF PAM TANOWITZ'S FOUR QUARTETS
What is it like to dance Four Quartets? Experience this epic performance from the other side of the curtain—through conversations with Kathleen Chalfant, Pam Tanowitz, and the dancers of the company. Filmed remotely over the summer of 2020, There the Dance Is leads us on a journey of reflection and revelation.

Watch There the Dance Is

AUDIOBOOK
Actress Kathleen Chalfant has narrated Four Quartets at the Fisher Center, in London, and in Los Angeles. Now her acclaimed and beautiful reading of the poem is immortalized in a new audiobook—the first authorized performance of the poem by a woman and an American. Available for a limited time exclusively on UPSTREAMING.