THE old man was sitting on his string bed. But it was upside down; its finely rounded legs were pointing to the sky, and the knotted ropes strung across its wooden frame were wet.

老人正坐在他那上下颠倒的弹簧床上： 精细的圆腿直指天空，系在木框上的绳子已被打湿。

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Add a tail to the frame and tie a long string to the cross so you can control the kite.

在木架上扎一条线，在交接处扎一条长长的线，你就可以控制风筝了。

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Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string.

然后，他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水，粘在风筝的框架上。

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Now "stripped of set, stories and the one-minute time frame" and performed to Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor ("Death and the Maiden"), the reconstituted work here augmented by an extraneous smoke bomb and some pointless tossing around of apples is more of the same kind of group and individual activity now familiar from Mr. Jones.

WSJ: The Only Good Part Is the Music | Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | 'Play and Play: An Evening of movement and Music | Joyce Theater | By Robert Greskovic