Saturday, February 14

Spring Sing 2025: ACA All Day embraces diverse styles of dance, cultivates close community

From day to night, ACA All Day showcases the world of dance with its moves. Following a win at the All-Cal Annual Hip-Hop Dance Competition, the student-led competitive dance team is returning to this year’s Spring Sing stage with its multifaceted choreography. Read more...

Photo: Members of the student-led competitive dance team ACA All Day practice a routine in a parking garage. The group will bring a blend of genres and styles to its Spring Sing performance, from jazz funk to waacking. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Spring Sing 2025: Synthesis Dance mixes multiple styles, focuses on fostering members’ love of dance

Synthesis Dance will fill Spring Sing with talent this Friday. Focused on creating an accessible environment for UCLA dancers, the student-led group honors its name by building a team with a diverse dance background that creates its own style, said its internal operations chair, Katy Palmer. Read more...

Photo: Members of Synthesis Dance pose for a photo in a practice room in the John Wooden Center. The team will perform at the Los Angeles Tennis Center as one of 12 contestants for Spring Sing on Friday. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Spring Sing 2025: Icarus Contemporary strives for audience engagement, excitement through performance

Icarus Contemporary Dance Company is flying closer to the sun with a joyful vision for the group’s Spring Sing performance. The contemporary dance group is part of the lineup for Friday’s campuswide talent competition for the fourth year in a row and will return to Los Angeles Tennis Center’s stage after last year’s Spring Sing was moved online. Read more...

Photo: Members of Icarus Contemporary pose next to a statue in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden while wearing black outfits. The dance group will perform at Friday’s Spring Sing for the fourth year in a row. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Spring Sing 2025: Sketch comedy group Company creates community, camaraderie through humor

Company is ushering comedic camaraderie to Spring Sing. The 10-member comedy troupe emcees the annual Spring Sing event, providing comedic relief between each performing act. Company fosters unity through the universal language of laughter by encapsulating the humor that resides among the UCLA community. Read more...

Photo: Members of the comedy troupe Company look up toward the camera for a photo and smile. Company will emcee the Spring Sing event at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Friday. (Isabella Appell/Daily Bruin)


Chinese Cultural Dance Club cultivates ‘Flower of Youth’ at spring showcase

This post was updated May 11 at 10:19 p.m. After a year off the stage, UCLA’s Chinese Cultural Dance Club is back under the spotlight. The club’s year-end showcase was canceled last year, but the group returned to Schoenberg Hall on Saturday for its annual Lotus Steps performance. Read more...

Photo: Members of the Chinese Cultural Dance Club perform on stage in a routine called “Emerging Lotus” while wearing pink-and-green ensembles and holding fans. The performance was part of the club’s annual Lotus Steps showcase, which was held at Schoenberg Hall on Saturday. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin staff)



Theater review: Untimely patriotism, forgettable performances set the sun on ‘Annie’

This post was updated May 13 at 7:47 p.m. For “Annie,” the sun is not coming out much. Broadway’s beloved orphan has settled in Los Angeles for a brief run at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre until May 18. Read more...

Photo: Hazel Vogel (center) and the ensemble cast of “Annie” perform onstage. The classic musical will run at the Dolby Theatre until May 18. (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy, MurphyMade)



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