In the stage version, Ms. Castro and several members of her company, a canary torsi (an anagram of her name), guide participants through a series of scores that change with each performance. The stage teemed with activity, as individuals and groups completed various tasks, or declined to take them on. “It’s energetically a lot to negotiate,” said David Thomson, one of the performer-guides, reflecting on his role in the show. The manual reveals much more, not only the scores themselves, but also some of the thinking behind them. “I think many of us in the performance world have this training of not wanting to impede the interpretation, in any way, of the audience,” she said.

Source: New York Times November 01, 2020 17:15 UTC