Marc will be performing in the world premiere of Pastoral by Pam Tanowitz.

Fisher Center LAB Commission/World Premiere

Choreography by Pam Tanowitz
Décor by Sarah Crowner
Music by Caroline Shaw

Featuring Pam Tanowitz Dance

Inspired by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

June 27–29, 2025

Pastoral is the latest world premiere from Fisher Center LAB Choreographer-in-Residence Pam Tanowitz at Bard SummerScape, in a major new collaboration with composer Caroline Shaw and visual artist Sarah Crowner.

Following the success of Four Quartets, named “the greatest work of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times, and Song of Songs, regarded as “a thing of beauty” by The Guardian, Tanowitz continues her series of major performances that respond to masterworks of the past. 

Setting the dance to Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 6 in F Major, the “Pastoral,” Tanowitz then removes the music, replacing it in part with silence, in part with a specially commissioned score by her long-time collaborator, renowned composer Caroline Shaw, which itself responds to and transforms the Beethoven score. The décor for the production will be created by Brooklyn-based painter Sarah Crowner, well-known for her “cut & stitch” abstract canvases, which evoke pastoral landscapes in magnificent jewel colors. The resulting performance will be a gorgeous palimpsest of many artistic layers, with Beethoven’s evocation of the natural world as a guiding spirit.

Creative Team and Company

Choreography Pam Tanowitz
Decór Sarah Crowner
Music Caroline Shaw

Costume Design Reid Bartelme
Sound Design Justin Ellington
Production Design Davison Scandrett
Associate Production Design Nicholas Houfek

Company
Marc Crousillat
Christine Flores
Lindsey Jones
Maile Okamura
Caitlin Scranton
Stephanie Tersaki
Anson Zwingelberg