{"id":23064,"date":"2024-10-27T17:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T22:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2024-10-27T17:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T22:57:31","slug":"annual-lorefest-to-celebrate-storytelling-over-five-nights-of-events-and-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/27\/annual-lorefest-to-celebrate-storytelling-over-five-nights-of-events-and-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Lorefest To Celebrate Storytelling Over Five Nights Of Events And Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Five nights of spooky folklore, performances, games, cuisine and research will highlight the second-annual Lorefest, a multidisciplinary event featuring students and faculty across the Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a>. The free event is Tuesday through Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lorefest was created by Performance and Visual Studies<\/a> instructors Dr. Matthew Campbell<\/a>, associate program director, and Dr. Will Connor<\/a>, lecturer. Faculty and students in that program will be joined by those in Visualization<\/a>, Theatre<\/a>, Dance Science<\/a> and Music Performance<\/a> to present projects that include a wrestling match, a concert and a retelling of \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d that brings an alien invasion to Bryan-College Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe brought on at least nine additional classes for this year\u2019s Lorefest with student and faculty participation in performance, video games, a radio play, to creating a cocktail menu at the Grand Stafford Theater,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cAnd that kind of expansion is exactly what I was hoping for \u2014 particularly in the space of giving students an opportunity to contribute to Bryan-College Station\u2019s local folklore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Campbell curated a list of about 90 folklore tales for students to research for the event. Some are native to Texas, while others come from Mexico, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Columbia, Bolivia, Thailand and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe goal was to represent the multicultural backyard that is Texas and beyond through storytelling,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cThe students had an opportunity to choose from the curated list. And we asked them to interview two members of their own family, from two different generations, and collect their own stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Campbell said he is eager to showcase student and faculty work through storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hope to engender a respect for the narratives that are driven by folkloric transmission by finding a way to creatively engage with students and give them the opportunity to create moments for a live audience,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd being able to do this through a community-based arts festival is just a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the courtyard of the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities Building.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Students from Performance and World Cultures classes will perform their folklore tales through eight wrestling matches, featuring wrestlers from the Bryan-based Lions Pride Sports Professional Wrestling<\/a>. Each student group created a backstory for a wrestler, which included designing a costume, selecting an introduction song and filming promotional videos that will play on a screen in the courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Houston Carson, founder and CEO of Lions Pride, and his wrestlers will perform with students in a full-size wrestling ring. Students who enter the ring completed a three-night intensive training session with Carson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere will be more new wrestlers in the ring than you typically see in a normal match,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cAnd we are taking everything cautiously and safely, and will have medical staff on hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nDay One: Folklore Wrestling Match<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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