Thursday, February 5

Theater & Fine Arts

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February 4, 9:49 am

WACSmash allows dancers to showcase individuality

WACSmash, an annual dance showcase held at the Kaufman Hall Dance Theater, will feature interdisciplinary dance works highlighting the UCLA dance community this weekend. Daily Bruin A&E features three fourth-year students who discuss the role of dance both in the show and in students’ daily lives. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year dance student Gbari Gilliam (above) and eight other dancers will close this year’s WACsmash with “Disconnect/Reconnect,” choreographed by Gilliam. (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)

Theater & Fine Arts

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February 3, 4:16 pm

Science intersects with art in experimental illustrator’s work

Amisha Gadani has made a career of blending science and art, from creating a dress that inflates like a pufferfish to illustrating birds without beaks Gadani, an independent illustrator who is on the temporary staff for the UCLA Institute of Society and Genetics, will run a drawing workshop that emphasizes how art is a communication tool Thursday at the California NanoSystems Institute building. Read more...

Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 2, 7:30 am

Professor bonds biochemistry and the humanities together in class

About 10 years ago biochemistry professor Albert Courey put on sunglasses and a backwards hat and rapped “The Rhyme of the Ribozyme,” a verse written by Dennis Kuo, an alumnus who took Courey’s class on DNA and RNA biochemistry. Read more...

Photo: UCLA biochemistry professor Albert Courey’s passion for poetry stems from his childhood fascination with music and the arts. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)

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January 29, 7:19 am

Backstage Bruins: Student stage manager finds pivotal role away from spotlight

Kristin Hwang is a stage manager and a mother of 20. She comes across as a stern mother, commanding her cast and stage crew children from a gallery high up in the theater. Read more...

Photo: Beyond the actors and stage of UCLA Theater Film and Television’s “Eurydice,” stage manager and second-year theater student Kristin Hwang (left) coordinates her 20-person crew for a cohesive, smooth production from start to finish. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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January 26, 8:21 am

Q&A: Graphic artist David Wexler on media, design and Strangeloop

The following sentence is false. The previous sentence is true. This self-referential paradox that cognitive scientist and philosopher Douglas Hofstadter describes as a “strange loop,” a phenomenon that occurs when one moves through real or imagined levels, but unexpectedly arrives where he or she started. Read more...

Photo: Graphic designer David Wexler, who creates set designs for artists such as Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu and Skrillex, will give a talk as part of Design | Media Arts’ lecture series Thursday. (Courtesy of Theo Themison)

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January 22, 12:30 am

Middle Eastern music concert celebrates harmony, humanity

BY KAYLA HAUSMANN A&E contributor [email protected] Farzad Amoozegar straddled two cultures, North American and Iranian, throughout much of his childhood. Before he was 9, the Persian language, culture and food had begun to shape his identity as an Iranian; after moving to Canada and then to America, he discovered music to bridge the gap between Iran and the West. Read more...

Photo: Anthropology graduate students Farzad Amoozegar (left) and Yael Assor (right) coordinated “Voices of the Olive Branch,” a show in which 13 performers will play Middle Eastern music in Powell Library on Saturday. (Zoe Hessler/Daily Bruin)

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January 20, 12:59 am

How Vietnamese Culture Night shaped one Bruin’s college experience

As a child, Lyna Truong would ask her parents to tell her about their emigration from Vietnam during the war. They would always hesitate, refuse or brush off her requests. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year psychology student Lyna Truong has performed in Vietnamese Culture Night since her first year at UCLA and reaffirmed her identity as a Vietnamese-American. (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)


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