This weekend, UCLA’s center stage will be accessible to anyone around the world. The School of Theater, Film, and Television will be streaming its departmental play, “BFE,” Saturday and Sunday. Read more...
Photo: (Jocelyn Wang/Daily Bruin)
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May 11, 6:24 pm
Artists at Play hosts free virtual plays showcasing Asian American resilience
The Los Angeles-based theater company Artists At Play embodies Asian American resilience as it breaks through the hardships of virtual theater. In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Artists at Play is hosting free virtual performances starting with the play “ALLOS: The Story of Carlos Bulosan,” which ran from April 24 to May 7. Read more...
Photo: Julia Cho (left), Stefanie Lau (center) and Marie-Reine Velez (right) are the founding members of the theater company Artists at Play, which produces theatrical programming that focuses on the Asian American experience. (Chelsea Westman/Daily Bruin)
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May 5, 6:29 pm
Dancers share personal stories, demonstrate skills in digital senior showcase
This post was updated May 5 at 7:32 p.m. to update the featured image. Dancers are unmuting their mics for the final time as they present their senior projects. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year dance student Julia Cheng will premiere her capstone dance project at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance showcase “Unmuted” along with five of her peers. Her project touches on how her life will change after graduation. (Courtesy of Julia Cheng)
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May 5, 12:36 pm
Theater review: ‘Someone Else’s House’ immerses audience in eerie virtual experience at home
A new virtual theater experience shows viewers the horrors of entering “Someone Else’s House” uninvited, especially when the residents are dead. The Geffen Stayhouse production of “Someone Else’s House,” running until July 3, immerses audience members in the horrors of the Mezzocchi family’s experience with living in a spooky, old New England home. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Geffen Playhouse)
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April 23, 7:37 pm
UCLA professor Rodrigo Valenzuela receives Guggenheim fellowship to fund his art
For Rodrigo Valenzuela, photography goes beyond the camera lens. An assistant professor of photography at the School of the Arts and Architecture, Valenzuela was recently awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to fund his upcoming project. Read more...
Photo: Rodrigo Valenzuela, an assistant professor of photography at the School of the Arts and Architecture, was awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to fund his upcoming project. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
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April 22, 7:46 pm
Dance film ‘IYAguration’ celebrates Black culture through dance styles, design
“IYAguration” aims to immerse its audience in the African culture it was inspired by. Choreographed by graduate student Kara Jenelle Wade, the dance film celebrates the resilience of Black women throughout the African diaspora. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Kara Jenelle Wade was the choreographer and director for “IYAguration,” a dance film premiering virtually Friday through the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
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April 12, 5:16 pm
Online dance performance emphasizes resisting white supremacy through movement
Resistance is not only found in acts of protest, but also in acts of joy. The first online performance of “F*ck White Supremacy, Let’s Get Free” spanned the entirety of Sunday afternoon and featured six live DJ sets on a YouTube livestream. Read more...
Photo: The Hammer Museum hosted a virtual dance event, “F*ck White Supremacy, Let’s Get Free” in an act of resistance against white supremacy. Attendees danced along to music cued by DJs, who encouraged them to use movement to express themselves. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)