This post was updated Oct. 25 at 6:39 p.m. In traditional classes, dance and disability can be mutually exclusive – but one club at UCLA is seeking to eliminate this barrier. Read more...
Photo: The Expressive Movement Initiative offers dance lessons to children with disabilities, modifying movements to cater to their needs. Volunteers receive training on how to adjust the movements from a professor at UCLA’s Center for Autism Research and Treatment. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
The Zoom grid is the new crossword puzzle. Geffen Stayhouse’s virtual puzzle show “Inside the Box” is running from Oct. 8 to Jan. 3, as it takes 24 participants through different puzzles, wordplay and multi-layered games to solve a hidden message – all mediated through Zoom’s software. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 9:48 p.m. Editor’s Note: In the original version of this article’s graphic, there were multiple photographs of skeletal human remains used to illustrate excavation at burial sites on Catalina Island. Read more...
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students never expected to direct, perform or act in a virtual space. But the department will be creating new opportunities to accommodate its students as the faculty shifts their focus from public showings to developmental work, said acting chair of the department of theater Dominic Taylor. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photos. Photo illustration by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor & Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
This post was updated Sept. 24 at 2:44 p.m. A city can shape a person, and “Made in L.A. 2020” is a display of art created by people who have been – in one way or another – made in LA. Read more...
Photo: In the face of COVID-19, the Hammer Museum is still planning on continuing its biennial exhibit, “Made in L.A.” In collaboration with The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, the exhibit will feature works from Los Angeles-based artists at both museums. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
A retired presidential ship inspired artist Constance Hockaday to flip the script of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s fireside chats, just in time for the 2020 election. On March 12, 1933, in the midst of economic depression and deep national divide, FDR urged American citizens to turn on their radios. Read more...
Photo: Artist Constance Hockaday’s series with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, “Artists-in-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020,” reimagines Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous fireside chats in anticipation of Election Day. In a role reversal, artists will be delivering a national address that answers the question: What can we put our faith in now? (Photo courtesy of Constance Hockaday, Photo Illustration by Nico Hy/Daily Bruin).
When presented with the opportunity to fundraise for their peers through dance, Bruins were ready to rumba. Other universities’ initiatives for students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic inspired a group of UCLA students to found its own club, 1 Student at a Time, to address the financial needs of its peers. Read more...
Photo: Student organization 1 Student at a Time hosted a series of online dance workshops, with donations put toward their solidarity fund to help students affected by COVID-19. Social chair of Dancesport Club at UCLA Michael Perez taught attendees the basics of Latin and ballroom dance. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin)
