Word: aeon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...belong to the generation of Hungarian film directors for whom it was perhaps the hardest to find the way to an artistic self-expression." So admits Miklos Jancso, one of the oldest and youngest film makers in Hungary. Old, because at 47 he is a political aeon away from the newly defiant East European youth. Young, because his reputation is only now emerging from the guarded borders of his homeland...
...second week of spring and summer showings, Parisian haute couture managed to sashay back to the hip-flask era, blast off into far-outer space, and keep fashion pundits' necks swiveling as if they were covering an inter-aeon Davis Cup match...
...repertory ranged from far-in to farthest out. In a 50-min. work aptly titled Aeon, a blinding flash of magnesium flares stirred Cunningham's ten-member troupe into an otherworldly, slow-motion ballet. In the orchestra pit, Conductor Cage slowly raised and lowered his arms like a railroad signal, while his two-man orchestra conjured a percussive nightmare with such ear-splitting accents as a nail file rasped across a metal music stand. When the sound system shorted and buzzed harshly for several minutes, the audience accepted it as part of the show...
...leotards against a light blue back-drop were eye-catching: and the sight of dancers pulling each other along the floor by elastic bands around the waist or thigh drew laughter and put the audience on the performer's side, for the first time. Abandoning the slow death of Aeon, the dancers came alive, though they maintained regulation disjunctively by counterpoising two groups on separate parts of the stage...
...flirtation. The choreography really took off, exploiting the imagination and freedom of Cunningham's style: kicking splits swooping from the air to the floor, some acrobatics, and a St. Vitus Dance frenzy. In a spirit of whimsy and joy, the dancers switched from the deadpan love-making of Aeon to an enthusiastic dance that came very close to pantomime. Like pantomime, it told a story, and told it clearly. Finally let in on what Cunningham and Cage were up to, the audience loved every minute...