This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:29 a.m. Daniel Schwarz compressed the entire 1,954 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border into two parallel accordion photo books. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Daniel Schwarz’ parallel accordion photo books depict 2,000 miles of land between the United States and Mexico. The artwork is running at the “Frontera” exhibit at Canadian Photography Institute in the National Gallery of Canada until April 2. (Courtesy of Daniel Schwarz)
The growing UCLA dance community can look forward to more practice space on campus, UCLA administrators said at a town hall meeting Tuesday. More than 100 attendees from UCLA dance teams and the undergraduate student government’s Facilities Commission met with administrators about issues regarding dance practice spaces. Read more...
Photo: More than 50 dance group members attended a dance town hall with UCLA administrators on the steps of Parking Lot 7 to discuss UCLA’s lack of available spaces for dance groups to practice in. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)
Michelle Barnes, the administrative director of ICARUS Contemporary Dance Company, teaches an excerpt of choreography to the song “Kill the Lights” by Britney Spears. Read more...
Kelly Baker was too afraid to sing “Happy Birthday” to casting directors in elementary school. But now, she sings with the cast of a Tony Award-nominated musical. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Kelly Baker recently landed a role in the Tony Award-winning musical, “Bright Star.” In the production, Baker is a swing – a person who is trained to cover multiple ensemble roles. “Bright Star,” written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will run at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown LA until Nov. 19. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
Seph Li’s multimedia-based art piece “Cosmos” uses reflective mirrors and physics theories to reveal the mysteries of our universe – or universes. Li, a design media arts alumnus, will display “Cosmos” at the Shanghai Art Fair, which opens Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Shanghai World EXPO & Convention Center. Read more...
Photo: Design media arts alumnus Seph Li’s work “Cosmos” features reflective surfaces as a means to merge multiverse theory with art theory. The artwork is on display at the Shanghai Art Fair.(Courtesy of Seph Li)
The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden will serve as a backdrop for more than just plants and flowers this weekend. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it will become the set for the Dually Noted Theatre Company’s fall production. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year theater student Davia Schendel wrote “Beatniks,” one of the two plays that will be staged Friday through Sunday as a part of Dually Noted Theatre Company’s fall production. “Beatniks”commemorates the female poets of the Beat Generation, a counterculture literary movement of writers and poets that emerged post-World War II. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
Michelle Azar plays her own mother, father and grandfather in her latest one-woman show. “From Baghdad to Brooklyn” will make its New York debut Saturday at the United Solo Festival and follow Azar’s family heritage from mid-20th century Iraq to present-day New York and Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Michelle Azar plays four characters including herself in her latest one-woman show, “From Baghdad to Brooklyn.” The show, which is directed by Brian Kite, the chair of UCLA’s theater department, features Azar’s family’s stories, which she acts out with musical accompaniment. (Courtesy of Majorie Salvaterra)
