Monday, December 15

Virtual theater series turns tables on traditional Shakespearean performances

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance is bringing Shakespeare back to the virtual campus. From Sept. 17 to Nov. 15, CAP UCLA had been promoting Forced Entertainment’s online theater series, “Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare: At Home,” where the members performed abridged versions of four of Shakespeare’s 36 plays each week using household items as their cast. Read more...

Photo: UCLA writing programs professor, Tara Prescott-Johnson, is the winner of this year’s Table Top Shakespeare competition that was hosted alongside the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA’s online theater series, “Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare: At Home.” (Courtesy of Bills Costello)



Contemporary dance piece gracefully combines styles to share heavenly story

Choreographer Ronald K. Brown is providing lessons on salvation through dance in his piece, “Grace.” The three-day event showcasing “Grace” began yesterday, shown virtually over the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA’s online channel. Read more...

Photo: “Grace,” a piece choreographed by Ronald K. Brown, fuses traditional African American dance with contemporary styles to present a visual story of love and forgiveness. (Courtesy of Julietta Cervantes)


Digital art exhibit uses shared screens to share themes of humanity, isolation

Art students are sharing more than just their screens in a new virtual gallery. This year, UCLA’s design media arts graduate program took its fall exhibition online with the theme “Share Screen.” From Oct. Read more...

Photo: With the theme of “Share Screen,” the 2020 fall exhibition for UCLA’s design media arts graduate program is going online. It contains eleven artworks compiled from graduate students like Zheng Fang, Sam Malabre and Dasul Kim. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)


Dance student to teach his choreography in national tour

This post was updated Nov. 15 at 6:04 p.m. The next move for Christopher Aguirre’s career as a choreographer is just the beginning. The second-year dance and communication student was invited to choreograph for The Nexxt Move, a two-day dance intensive in several cities across the United States and in London. Read more...

Photo: Dance student Christopher Aguirre will be teaching his choreography on a national level as he travels to several United States cities with the dance intensive, The Nexxt Move. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


With bold strokes, student uses her art as medium for activism

This post was updated Nov. 1 at 6:17 p.m. Bright colors and bold strokes may draw the eye, but it’s the social and political activism behind Brenda Barrios’ work that encourages patrons to stay. Read more...

Photo: Brenda Barrios blends social and political critique in her art. The third-year transfer art student has partnered with Rock the Vote to promote voting in Latino communities through her work. (Lauren Kim/Daily Bruin)


Dance club seeks to provide inclusive, accessible space for kids with disabilities

This post was updated Oct. 25 at 6:39 p.m. In traditional classes, dance and disability can be mutually exclusive – but one club at UCLA is seeking to eliminate this barrier. Read more...

Photo: The Expressive Movement Initiative offers dance lessons to children with disabilities, modifying movements to cater to their needs. Volunteers receive training on how to adjust the movements from a professor at UCLA’s Center for Autism Research and Treatment. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)



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