When Jose Luis Valenzuela was debating whether or not to join the Chicano theater movement of the 1960s, a professor asked if he wanted to make history or let it pass by him. Read more...
Photo: Professor Jose Luis Valenzuela directed a play about Mexican-American immigrants to challenge the idea that immigrants in America are criminals. The third part of the play suggests how traditions can be lost after moving to the U.S. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Weaving was considered feminine when James Bassler first secretly worked with fiber in helping his father hook rugs in the 1930s. In the privacy of the family home, 6-year-old Bassler watched his father, a major league baseball player, trade his catcher’s mitt for strips of dyed silk. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus and previous faculty member James Bassler began to study the art of weaving in the basement of Royce Hall after witnessing the integration of textiles in Asian culture. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)
Few tales of ambition and evil are as enduring as William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” and combined with the artistic power and opulence of opera, “the Scottish play” is a timeless and thrilling story. Read more...
Photo: The LA Opera is performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Italian opera “Macbeth” through October 16. “Macbeth” tells the story of a general on his quest to become King of Scotland after encountering a coven of witches who predict his future.(Courtesy of Karen Almond)
Actors in bright Bavarian dress danced across the stage, lightly stepping on and off three durable, brown wooden barrels. Jeanne Schniedewind inhaled sharply when the actors tossed two of her handcrafted kegs back and forth, thinking of the time and effort it would take to fix them if they broke. Read more...
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Photo: Pasundan dancers Sekar Sosronegoro and Casey Lee, a UCLA alumna, performed a traditional Sundanese dance for the Fowler Museum audience Sunday. The Indonesian outfits have two parts: a top piece called a kebaya and a lower piece called a sarong. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Read more...
Photo: Katheryne Penny is one of three UCLA Theater, Film and Television alumni that perform in the ensemble of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” a new live entertainment show at Disney California Adventure. (Miriam Bribiesca and Harish Balasubramani/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Aaron Koblin boarded a train so he could shine a laser onto the landscape, creating a work of art of colorful moving images as he traveled through the country. Read more...
Photo: Design | Media Arts alumnus Aaron Koblin first developed his art piece “Flight Patterns” while he was a graduate student at UCLA. Both “Flight Patterns” and his 2013 project “Light Echoes” use technology to create art. (Courtesy of Aaron Koblin)
