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Doll Houses.(Petrushka by Basil Twist)(Dance review)
At this moment, no theatre artist in New York is showing more poetic force or technical skill than the puppeteer Basil Twist. By now, after Julie Taymor's production of "The Lion King," it should not be hard to convince people that puppetry can be part of serious art, and the world has not ignored Basil Twist. His work has repeatedly been presented at Lincoln Center, to loving reviews, and he has won a lot of awards. Still, he is not a household name. He should be.
Early this month, Twist revived his 2001 "Petrushka," and it is an astonishment. "Petrushka," as most people know it, is a dance work, made for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in 1911, by Igor Stravinsky ...
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