MacArthur Genius Basil Twist's 'Symphonie Fantastique' Sets NYC Reprise
EXCLUSIVE: Two decades ago, Basil Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique helped transform American perceptions of puppetry from kids’ stuff to high art, a movement he shared with fellow avant-gardistes Julie Taymor, with Juan Darién, and Theodora Skipitiares, with Radiant City. Twist’s hydraulic take on the 1830 Berlioz masterpiece was set in a giant fish tank, in which five unseen puppeteers manipulated fa…