The Launch of MIT Performing

Lisa Dwan in "Not I," by Samuel Beckett at the Royal Court, 2014. Credit: Finn Beales.

Lisa Dwan in "Not I," by Samuel Beckett at the Royal Court, 2014. Credit: Finn Beales.

 

MIT Performing is a prototyping and presenting series curated by Professor Jay Scheib, with the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, promotes a research-based artistic practice in the development of a new platform for contemporary performance. All of the performances scheduled will take place in the Theater at W97. 

 

MIT Performing Schedule

Andrew Schneider

NERVOUS/SYSTEM
November 9-11, 2018
 

Adrienne Truscott 

THIS
February 7, 8, and 9, 2019

Ayesha Jordan Glamazon hip-hop icon

Work-in-Progress Showing
February 15, 2019
 

Lisa Dwan “…an instrument of Beckett.” – The New York Times

Lecture/Demonstration
“A Body of Beckett”
February 21, 2019

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