I would say that I don't pivot my turns. As I said, I'm pretty much a PMTS follower, and that's the way I try to ski. Not as well as a lot of you guys, for sure, but I'm not a steerer-pivoter kind of skier, so that helps. I think the area where I could probably benefit the most is by working on my flexing to release, being a bit more dynamic with that.
While you may not pivot your skis on hard snow, when you finally get into powder, your technique will probably change as you figure out how to make turns. Said another way, you will figure out what needs to get done, and, you will revert to rotation movements when the snow gets heavy or slope gets steep. Flaws in your technique surface very quickly, I learned my turn to the left needs work. It's also higher energy sapping, so fatigue becomes an issue.
Having just returned from 5 straight days of skiing new snow, sometimes deep and heavy, my observations are that higher skilled skiers take those skills into powder and just ski so much better in 3D. I have a newly found high respect for High Angles skiing as I watched him just slay 3D very easily, but, his skiing does not change from skiing harder snow. I would concur that deep flexing and free foot pullback are two PMTS movements to lock into normal skiing that transition into powder. Slow one and two foot PMTS release drills will also help you get the turnshape you need.
When you finally experience powder, just enjoy the experience and I hope your first encounters are in lighter snow.
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