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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Book of Mountains & Seas, by Huang Ruo

Mar 15–20, 2022
45 Water Street Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States

Ancient Chinese creation myths take the stage in four living tableaux by the entrancing Huang Ruo, a Chinese-born American who has served as composer-in-residence to Amsterdam’s formidable Concertgebouw. This time, he’s working not on the symphonic scale but with a chamber ensemble made up of 12 singing voices plus two percussionists from the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and a team of the city’s most gifted puppeteers. The visuals are from the wizardly hands of Basil Twist, puppeteer and MacArthur genius, operating here on the grand scale. —Matthew Gurewitsch