Using a signature long-string harp, String Theory will transform the outdoor courtyard amphitheater of the Fowler Museum into a giant, playable musical instrument.  An astonishing blend of music, dance, and site-specific sculptural installation enlivened by myriad cultural influences, their highly original hybrid performance will mirror the important trove of world arts housed within the museum.  Founded in 2002 by Luke Rothchild, a composer and musician who invents and builds the unique large-scale instruments; Holly Rothchild, a dancer and choreographer who animates them through movement; and Joseph Harvey, a cellist who brings a classical sensibility and arrangements of 15th-century, String Theory is an avant-garde gypsy caravan spanning a wide gamut of styles, from classical to jazz to world beat to pop:  The musicians include Danny Moynahan, Julie Pusch, Stuart Johnson, Richard Fultineer, Austin Nicholson, Maria Sherer, John Fitzgerald, and Robert Amjary, who will work alongside the dancers Lillian Barbeito, Tina Berkett, Alesia Young, Alexa Kershner, and Julie Schulman. 

“There are many ways to describe String Theory:  hypnotic, meditative, lyrical, ironic, exploratory . . .” writes David Lockeretz, “but the bottom line is that this music . . .  defies categorization; it bypasses conventional thinking . . . to do what so much music fails to:  communicate.