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March 17, 2:51 am

UCLA alumni climb to top of pole dancing competition

UCLA alumna Drusilla Ray grasps the pole and pulls herself upward with a fluid movement. Spinning to the beat of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” Ray inverts herself using only her arms and goes through a complicated series of motions that defy gravity. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumni Drusilla Ray (left), Jessica Anderson-Gwin (top) and former Daily Bruin staffer Rhyn Cheung (right) competed at the Pacific Pole Championships, hosted by Pole Sport Organization in Los Angeles on Feb. 28. Anderson-Gwin and Ray placed first and fourth, respectively, in the professional division of the contest. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 17, 2:23 am

Q&A: Alum Haley McHugh discusses theater, life as a professional actress

Haley McHugh entered the world of performance as a 3-year-old, cha-chaing across the stage in a community theater production. Since then, she founded and was president of her high school’s drama club, graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and starred in various professional projects, such as Horton Foote’s play “Lily Dale.” She currently plays Erika in “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea” at the Skylight Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna Haley McHugh is currently starring as Erika in the Skylight Theatre Company’s production, “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea.” The play, running until March 29, portrays its title character and his love affair with the lifeguard Erika. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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March 17, 2:09 am

Sounds of LA: Mini Mansions

Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. Read more...

Photo: Michael Shuman (center) steps aside from his Queens of the Stone Age fame when performing with his side project, psychedelic pop trio Mini Mansions. (Courtesy of Mini Mansions)

Arts, Music

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March 12, 12:51 am

UCLA ScatterTones singer India Carney impresses on ‘The Voice’

India Carney stood in front of the turned chairs of Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton. Carney, a fourth-year music student with a concentration in voice performance and music director of UCLA’s a cappella group The ScatterTones, made an appearance on the Blind Auditions, which aired March 2 for Season 8 of NBC’s reality singing competition “The Voice.” Carney performed Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind,” garnering the interest of all four judges, who one by one, turned their chairs around to see Carney and exposed illuminated signs reading, “I want you.” “When all four of the judges turned around, I could not actually believe what I was seeing or even believe that I was in the situation I was in,” Carney said, whose blind audition has received over 710,000 views on YouTube. Read more...

Photo: On March 2, fourth-year music student India Carney successfully auditioned for “The Voice” and will compete in judge Christina Aguilera’s vocal team. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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March 12, 12:00 am

UCLA’s Choral Union and Philharmonia take on Verdi’s ‘Requiem’

When the final notes of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece “Requiem” finished echoing through Milan’s San Marco church, ringing around the high-vaulted ceiling and rattling the baroque chandelier, there was an uncomfortable silence. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Choral Union and UCLA Philharmonia will perform Giuseppe Verdi’s late 19th-century music composition “Requiem” at Royce Hall Saturday. The show will feature four UCLA alumni and graduate students as solo vocalists. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 12, 12:00 am

UCLA graduate student directs play ‘Begonia’ to share Chinese tradition

An American man stands on stage, his body cloaked in a traditional red and gold Chinese robe, his head adorned with an extravagant headdress. The stark contrast between the actor’s origins and his role as a Chinese Peking opera performer highlights the two main messages Zhou Xiao Wei, a student of theater directing who goes by “Smile” said she wishes to convey in her play “Begonia” – the importance of sharing traditions and the combination of cultures. Read more...

Photo: Zhou Xiao Wei, graduate student in theater directing, wrote her play, “Begonia,” based off the Qin Shou’ou novels “Begonia” and “Mabel.” (Courtesy of Michael Lamont)


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