The Waltz of Control and Letting Go

As a young director during the 1970’s, I occasionally, surreptitiously followed Robert Wilson on the streets of New York City. I am pretty sure that he did not know that I was following him. To me, he was such an enigmatic and intriguing figure and I wondered how it was possible to create the kind of theater that he did. I was also fascinated by the way that he dressed, how he moved and how he interacted with the world and I was curious to learn about what he paid attention to. Perhaps I simply wanted to imitate him.