Friday, December 19


Chinese ensemble aims to bridge cultures with traditional dance, music

Two bright red Chinese dragon figures, rescued from dumpsters by a staff member, will come to life Tuesday night in a performance by the Music of China Ensemble. Read more...

Photo: Chi Li, director of the Music of China Ensemble, instructs Xiaorong Yuan, a graduate student in ethnomusicology, in playing the erhu, a two-stringed instrument played with a bow. The ensemble will hold a performance Tuesday evening, featuring various Chinese musical forms, such as Kun opera and a traditional fan dance. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)



Graduate dance students explore body movement, performance space

This post was updated March 1 at 7:02 p.m. Dancers will embody divining rods, gasp for air and groove like they’re in a nightclub in “glory us weirdos.” These dance moves are part of Friday’s show, which will present graduate dance students Kristianne Salcines and Levi Gonzalez’s in-progress thesis works. Read more...

Photo: Graduate dance student Levi Gonzalez rehearses his piece, “Polyversa Discoteca,” with several undergraduate dance students. Gonzalez said he drew inspiration for his unfinished work from queer theory research in the fall. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)


Graduate students will make debut in opera composition at workshop

“This post was updated Feb. 28 at 2:40 p.m.” Nicky Sohn wrote an opera last year while traveling across three different countries and attending two music festivals. Read more...

Photo: Doctoral candidates in composition Michel Klein and Nicky Sohn each wrote their first operas, which will debut at a workshop reading Friday. Their operas are respectively based on the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, and Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)


Album review: ‘Nation of Two’

Vance Joy’s “Nation of Two” sounds like One Direction decided to give indie folk music a go. Though “Nation of Two” retains the same musical style of Joy’s first album with his ukulele riffs and slightly strained vocals, the album’s production is a step up from “Dream Your Life Away.” Joy adds in more harmonies, horns and drums to his ukulele-filled repertoire, taking on a slightly more personal tone and delivering an album full of summer jams despite some bland lyrics. Read more...

Photo: (Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records)




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