Nancy Karp + Dancers premieres “Three Quartets” October 18th at the Other Minds Festival 29!  A panoply of composers will assemble for the 29th Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, an international annual showcase for composers held at the Brava Theater Thursday–Sunday, October 16–19, 2025. Nancy Karp + Dancers performs “Three Quartets” Saturday night only, October 18th, with a Panel Discussion at 7pm, and concert 8pm.

The inspiration behind this piece arose during an artist residency earlier this year in Venice, Italy, where Karp spent her days observing the changing light and shifting water patterns in the canals.  Nancy first encountered James Tenney’s music while she was a dance student in the early days of Cal Arts and was immediately drawn to the complexity of its structure.  Her experience in Italy informs the leggero movement quality throughout, while each quartet structure shifts.