December 1, 2012 | Theatre,

Listen to the La Belle et la Bête podcast!

Polly K. Carl, Director of the The Center for the Theater Commons, discusses the adaptation of La Belle et la Bête with Lemieux Pilon 4D Art co-founders and co-directors Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon. Lemieux and Pilon discuss the original French story, their love for French film director Jean Cocteau, and how the fairy tale connects technology with modern expectations of beauty. Together, they analyze the resurgence of fairy tales in mainstream culture and the ways that contemporary society has built up these tales as a resonating mythology. Discover the collaboration between these two great pioneers of technological theatre and why they value touring a show like La Belle et la Bête all over the globe, including to ArtsEmerson DEC 05-09!