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>April 15, 2pm >The Theater of Sport >@ Rockwell Gym > >Art Work-Out Lecture Series > >John Bell >Puppeteer, Scholar, and Teacher in conversation with Damon Lee Blust ?Lucky? >the Celtics leprechaun mascot >As performance, different sports are closely related to but also importantly >different from performing arts. Sports events involve diffe¬rent kinds of >character creation and plot development than theater, and yet encourage the >same kinds of cathartic release of emotions that have been associated with >theater since Aristotle?s poetics and Bharata?s Natyasastra. Bell will lead >a discussion of theses issues that will develop concepts of aesthetic choices >and rules of performance that pertain to the theater of sport. > >Sam Ford >Project Manager Convergence Culture Consortium in CMS, MIT >Ford will talk about the theatricality and spectacle of professional wrestling >for his section of "The Theater of Sport? lecture. Ford, who has both >published work on professional wrestling and >taught a Spring 2007 course on pro >wrestling at MIT, will discuss the evolution of what is today called ?sports >entertainment? from one of humankind?s oldest sporting competitions to the >scripted athletic exhibition that is so popular today. > >Directions: Bldg W31 (106 Vassar Street) > >Thanks We are happy to announce this Lecture Series in collaboration with the >Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recre¬ation (DAPER) on the >topic ?Art Work-Out.? > >MIT Visual Arts Program >4.301 Introduction to Visual Arts Prof. Wendy Jacob TA: Jennifer Tren >4.341 Intro. To Photography & Related Media Prof. Andrea Frank TA: Sofia Ponte >RA: Kate James > >Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visual Arts Program >Department of Architecture >For more information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debbie Meinbresse STS Program, MIT 617-452-2390 _______________________________________________ Sci-tech-public mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sci-tech-public
