Saturday, May 17

Alumnus guides students through fast-paced set design in summer theater season

Oscar Escobedo and a crew of six students had three hours to strike the set of “H.M.S. Pinafore” before an audience came for a showing of “Crazy for You” on the same stage. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Oscar Escobedo is spending his summer working as the scenic designer for the College Light Opera Company’s festival season in Massachusetts. While there, he will help design and build sets for different plays each week, as well as teach students the different elements of set design. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)


Dance camp helps students new to dancing find their own groove

Individual style and group synchronization are often difficult for dancers to balance. Last weekend, PNG x Body Rock: Dance Camp 2019 aimed to address this contradiction. Read more...

Photo: Collaborative instructor Archie Saquilabon and dance instructor Brittnie Aguilar both aided in PNG x Body Rock: Dance Camp 2019, an event held over the weekend that aimed to balance nurturing individual style and group synchronization in beginner-level dancers. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Disability Inclusion Lab to celebrate nontraditional dance, aesthetic works in event

Prejudice can be held toward the idea of ability and dance when envisioning a supposedly ideal body. This notion can be challenged by having individuals with disabilities present their own ways of expression and movements, said Victoria Marks. Read more...

Photo: Victoria Marks will co-lead UCLA’s DANCING DISABILITY. The event will include laboratories and seminars that help individuals with disabilities showcase diversity through choreography.(Courtesy of Dan Froot)


‘Anne, A New Play’ reimagines Holocaust history to provide audience with timely insights

Imagine if Anne Frank had survived the Holocaust. “Anne, A New Play,” running from June 16-22 at the Museum of Tolerance, depicts a reality in which she does. Read more...

Photo: Third-year Ana Lalezarzadeh (left) stars in “Anne, A New Play” alongside alumna Marnina Schon (right) telling the hypothetical story of what life would be like for Anne Frank had she lived to see the aftermath of the Holocaust. (Courtesy of Michael Lamont)


Lecturer repurposes Romance languages to reflect on its meaning in poetry book

Poems will mix multiple languages in “The Latin Poet’s Guide to the Cosmos.” Susannah Rodríguez Drissi, a UCLA lecturer in Writing Programs, published her book in May. Read more...

Photo: Lecturer in UCLA Writing Programs Susannah Rodriguez Drissi recently released her book “The Latin Poet’s Guide to the Cosmos,” combining different Romance languages to create a hybrid form of poetry. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)


Art to Heart: Artistry in plating techniques creates a feast for the eyes and the stomach

Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? Read more...

Photo: Kurt Gurdal works as a cheesemonger at Wally’s, a restaurant that serves wine, specialty foods and gourmet dishes on seasonal cycles. Daily Bruin columnist Lisa Aubry visited a Wally’s location and spoke to chefs and cheesemongers to learn about art in food presentation. (Colleen Le/Daily Bruin)


Student’s senior project fuses flashlights and audience interaction

Flashlights will uncover a pattern of animated, distorted glass on a wall of the Broad Art Center. Using the wall of the main stairwell at the front entrance, Nate Mohler will use three projectors that reveal patterns and animations as the audience interacts with the piece. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year design media arts student Nate Mohler will project animations and shapes on the wall of the Broad Art Center as part of the “Pressed for Space” senior showcase. He said he hopes his work helps spread the idea that projection is a form of art. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)



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