NSO's 'New Moves' festival closes with Jessica Lang and Leila Josefowicz

First, the conductor takes the stage: a tall, stately man in white tie and tails, pacing up and down with catlike steps while he talks into the microphone to the audience. Then he stands on the podium with his back to the audience, legs motionless, back motionless, only his arms moving to wield a long white baton, looking like an animated Art Deco silhouette. An extra lip has been added onto the stage to make room for dancers, and the players sit behind it, so that, although they are actually no...