Basil Twist In Performance Artist Voices Series at Modlin Center November 2, 2011

“At this moment, no theatre artist in New York is showing more poetic force or technical skill than the puppeteer Basil Twist.” — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker

Internationally recognized and award-winning Basil Twist is a third generation puppeteer who lives and works in New York. He is also the founder and director of New York City’s Dream Music Puppetry Program at Here Arts Center, which supports and produces new puppet artists. Twist has significantly contributed to the art of puppetry since 1998 by creating puppet works focused on their integration with music. His productions have been seen on and off Broadway, in films, operas, on television, and in major venues worldwide.

Twist is known for his original adult puppet mediums and use of abstraction in puppetry with productions such as Petrushka; Symphonie Fantastique, which takes place in a tank of water; and Doguageshi, which features original shamisen compositions created and performed by master musician Yumiko Tanaka. For the Artist Voices series, Basil Twist will assemble an introspective of his work from an array of his productions.

This tour engagement of Basil Twist is supported in part by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s ArtsCONNECT program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program.

Details: http://modlin.richmond.edu/events/modlinarts-presents/basil-twist.html

Ticket Information
Adult: $20
UR Employee: $17
Senior (62+): $18
UR Student: $10
Child (0-12): $10
Group (20+): $18