FTT Events
Encore Screening: Strong Bodies Fight (rough cut) 2009
by director William Donaruma
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
You are invited to an encore, sneak preview screening of Strong Bodies Fight, a documentary film about the Notre Dame "Bengal Bouts" boxing team and their partnership with the Holy Cross Missions in Bangladesh. For eighty years, the two organizations have worked together to develop the third world country through an investment in education. The film captures the strong spirit of the beautiful Bengali people, as well as the courageous commitment of the Holy Cross priests, brothers, and sisters who served there for 150 years. Strong Bodies Fight tells an inspiring story of sweat, sacrifice, and solidarity in the fight against global poverty. In the words of Fr. Leonard Shankar, "We are living in this world as a 'we.' It is not 'I' but 'WE' in this world."
Q & A with director William Donaruma will follow the screening.
This is a free but ticketed event. To get your ticket, go to the Ticket Office or, reserve a ticket by calling (574) 631-2800. They are anticipated to move quickly.
FTT Talks presents: Joe Salvatore, “Arts-Based Research on Stage: Writing out of History and into the Theatre”
6:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Decio Mainstage Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
This presentation will outline the creation process for III (pronounced "three"), a play that explores the fifteen-year relationship (1927-1943) between the photographer George Platt Lynes, the writer Glenway Wescott, and the MoMA curator and publisher, Monroe Wheeler. Wescott and Wheeler lived together as partners for sixty-seven years, but included others in their relationship throughout that time, including George Platt Lynes. The presentation will include insights into bringing arts-based research to the stage, as well as examples of how the playwright/researcher used secondary source material accounts and primary sources like letters and journals to generate the performance text. Three ND actors will bring parts of the script to life as part of the presentation.
Sponsored by the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre and DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
This is a FREE but ticketed event. Call The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Ticket Office at (574) 631-0457 to reserve your tickets.
For more information about Joe Salvatore and this presentation, please visit our News & Events page.
