I have to preface this review by outlining what I will and won’t cover. Part of Aeon‘s specialness is the unexpected, the unsaid and the unpredictable, so I can’t describe the structure of the work too much, lest I spoil the delight and surprise for future audiences. So aside from the small number of details…
A contemporary dance adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et La Bete) has a clear abundance of imagery and source material to draw from. BalletLab‘s Brindabella does a fine job of drawing together design, music, staging and dance into an intriguing whole. In three acts broadly tracing the concepts at hand (La Belle, l’Amour, Le…