Top 5 Classical Music and Dance Collaborations This Fall
“Dancing is music made visible,” George Balanchine once said. And fellow artists such as Martha Graham and Aaron Copland, George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky; Merce Cunningham and John Cage, would...
View ArticleBasil Twist Rethinks Rite of Spring for Puppet Theater
When Basil Twist was commissioned to create a production of The Rite of Spring in connection with the work's centenary in 2013, the New York-based puppeteer felt a twinge of self-deprecation and...
View ArticleBasil Twist, Christopher O'Riley and Stickman Make A ‘Symphonie Fantastique’
Basil Twist, MacArthur “Genius” and puppeteer extraordinaire, joined pianist Christopher O’Riley on stage at The Greene Space during WQXR’s variety show, “Classical A-Go-Go.” Get a taste of Twist’s...
View ArticleWQXR Best in Studio 2018: Basil Twist’s ‘Symphonie Fantastique’
The holiday season is a time for gift-giving and nostalgia … and year-end best-of compilations! We’ve had some amazing artists visit WQXR in 2018, and now we’re looking back on some of our favorites....
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