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December 2, 6:36 pm

Student uses heritage in art to challenge beauty standards, tackle social issues

Portraits of nude bodies pique curiosity in Symphony Esqueda’s paintings, cultivating a platform for women of all bodies and sizes to be seen. The first-year English student said she creates art from a place of overcoming her insecurities and addressing societal standards of the female body. Read more...

Photo: Student artist Symphony Esqueda paints portraits of female bodies that emphasize realistic depictions instead of societal beauty standards through including stretch marks and natural body fat. She said she embraces her Chicana heritage in her art by painting the figures with darker skin tones. (Lauren Kim/Daily Bruin)

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November 23, 5:11 pm

Grupo Folklórico de UCLA to release online Día de los Muertos video performance

This post was updated Nov. 29 at 3:24 p.m. With colorful choreography, dancers shine a celebratory light on death. Grupo Folklórico de UCLA will release an online video showcasing their annual Día de los Muertos celebration in December, after finishing filming the production Nov. Read more...

Photo: (Photo illustration by Jaelen Cruz/Daily Bruin and Courtesy of Lauro Pilar)

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November 16, 8:19 pm

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)

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November 13, 7:22 pm

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)

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November 9, 7:47 pm

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)


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