Gwenna McKee went into the audition determined to do her best. Read more...
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“A Chorus Line,” this year’s musical put on by the UCLA Department of Theater and playing at the Freud Playhouse, closely examines the lives of 17 dancers vying for only eight spots on a Broadway chorus line.
Head held high and camera in hand, L.A. artist T. Kelly Mason walks deliberately past rows of writers, directors and actors. He takes a few shots without their permission, not caring if he catches their good side, or even any side of them at all. Read more...
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Tonight, Los Angeles artist T. Kelly Mason, along with two other speakers, will be leading a panel discussion titled “Materializing the Immaterial,” which will address early 21st-century funerary practices and the differing methods of remembrance that follow.
Maddie Schwarz read about a cell called the tonic neuron that keeps a constant beat; sometimes it is even referred to as a metronome neuron because it sets the pace for the cells around it. Schwarz saw the neuron as a metaphor for tap dancing, and it eventually inspired a dance piece that she will perform today and Saturday. Read more...
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Maddie Schwarz’s performance is inspired by the tonic neuron, also known as the metronome neuron because it keeps a constant beat. Schwarz’s piece is part of the world arts and cultures/dance Senior Honors Project.
At first glance, the New Wight Gallery in the Broad Arts Center is a sprawling mess of robotic parts, synthetic materials and partially assembled projects. Read more...
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Second-year Design | Media Arts graduate student Noa Kaplan stands by her sculpture of a magnified dust bunny, which participants in the exhibition can walk through.
When fifth-year computer science student Alex Wong went to an open house for the Chinese Cultural Dance Club at UCLA, he didn't know what he was getting into. Read more...
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The Chinese Cultural Dance Club at UCLA will present its 13th annual “Lotus Steps” dance show on Saturday. The theme of this year’s event is “Songs of the Past.”
The show "Catalyst" is based on a Chinese man, Vincent Chin, whose death in the 1980s as a result of a hate crime sparked outcries in the Asian American community. Read more...
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Actors reenact the story of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American who was beaten to death by two white men in Detroit, Mich., in 1982. This Saturday, the Chinese American Culture Night will be titled “Catalyst,” based on Chin’s story. There will be dances, music and other cultural performances.
Over the last 75 years, the name UCLA Live has evolved from the Department of Fine Arts Productions to UCLA Presents to UCLA of Performing Arts to UCLA Live as of 10 years ago. Come May 22, the name shall transform once again and become the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. Read more...
