Masked actors wearing elaborate, feathered costumes manipulated puppets behind a large 15-by-30-foot screen, creating dancing shadows and silhouettes that told an ancient story of love and war. Read more...
Photo: Hamid Rahmanian is the director, producer and creator of “Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic,” a shadow puppet performance based on the book “Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings” and set to premiere at the Freud Playhouse Friday. (Courtesy of Fictionville Studio)
Hearts beat faster. The music grows louder. The crowd goes wild. This is how a fourth-year English student Jeremy Ortiz, who has been dancing all four years of college, remembers Battle Royale. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year English student Jeremy Ortiz, who is also an artistic director of hip-hop dance team NSU Modern, will perform with his team at Battle Royale Thursday at 333 Live. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
About a dozen celebrity judges grace the Spring Sing stage each year to flash a smile in the spotlight and determine the best performers. Paula Abdul, Kathy Bates, Dennis Quaid and Beth Behrs are just some of the celebrities who have officiated in the past few years. Read more...
Brandon Papo was editing video footage around 2 a.m. in Melnitz Hall. He had not slept in four nights and was beginning to doze off. He eventually fell asleep Monday night – or rather, Tuesday morning – with his head on one rolling chair and his legs on another. Read more...
Photo: Comedy group Company will perform live skits and project videos in between talent acts at Spring Sing on Saturday. The performers teach each other their individual skills to prepare for the show. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
Members of stage crew flit from one side of the stage to the other in darkness setting up microphones and plugging in amps, as a spotlight shines on the skit being performed on stage. Read more...
Photo: Second-year psychology student Delanie Melbon (left), second-year nursing student Kathryn Yang (center) third-year political science and communication studies student Rachel Lea Fishman (left) are three members of the stage crew in charge of this year’s Spring Sing. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
The pieces were set and the theme decided, but Hanna Girma still couldn’t think of a name for her debut art show. The fourth-year world arts and cultures student had worked with eight artists, some of whom were acquaintances of her professors and some her personal friends. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year world arts and cultures student Hanna Girma curated a show with pieces from Black female artists. The show explored the Black female body, comparing it to the wax in a lost-wax bronze casting, and how its objectification, compared to the bronze, continues to perpetuate in modern society. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
First-year musical theater students are not allowed to try out for the spring musical – so they created their own. Last Sunday, seventeen first-year students debuted their cabaret, “Hello My Name Is …” at the Improve Space. Read more...
Photo: (Daniel Lee/Daily Bruin)
