Lemieux Pilon 4D Art pays tribute to filmmaker Norman McLaren at Kennedy Center

The Canadian troupe Lemieux Pilon 4D Art is expert at integrating live performers with film figures. You remember Gene Kelly dancing with the animated mouse Tom from "Tom and Jerry"? They do that sort of thing on stage.

It's seamless and beguiling throughout much of "Norman," the company's heartfelt tribute to filmmaker Norman McLaren (which wraps up a three-night stand at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater Saturday night). Never heard of McLaren? Apparently his short films, many of them abstract and whimsical — shapes and squiggles moving in synch with lively music — were staples on Canadian TV in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Mary Beth Sheridan 08 Oct, 2011

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