Tessa Dalke was excited to learn about her selection for “So You Think You Can Dance” while doing schoolwork in The Study at Hedrick. Dalke, a rising second-year psychobiology student, appeared on the show’s 15th season in the hopes of becoming America’s Favorite Dancer. Though the contemporary dancer performed her last number on the season’s […]
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Theater review: ‘On Your Feet!’
Gloria Estefan’s latest musical venture possessed colorful Latin flare that radiated beyond the proscenium stage. The ’90s Latin pop singer’s hit songs like “Turn the Beat Around” made their way to Pantages Theatre’s stage during Tuesday evening’s red carpet premiere. “On Your Feet!” recounts Estefan’s rise to fame, and sets it to the score of […]
Q&A: Pianist Faina Lushtak discusses compositions and upcoming UCLA performance
Pianist Faina Lushtak began her career in music as a child prodigy in the Soviet Union. Since then, Lushtak has composed numerous original works for various instruments including saxophone and violin. The professor of music and piano performance at Tulane University’s Newcomb Department of Music will headline the latest installment of the David L. Abell […]
Alumna cooks up documentary on Filipino foods, mixes in personal roots
Alexandra Cuerdo quit her day job as an assistant director to direct her own Filipino food documentary in 2017. Her first feature film takes 80 minutes to explore Filipino cuisine’s rising popularity across the United States and Cuerdo’s own connection to her Filipino roots. So far, the alumna has screened the film “ULAM: Main Dish” […]
Album review: ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’
Arctic Monkeys graduated from leather and skinny jeans to smoking jackets and whiskey glasses. “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino” – the Sheffield, England-based band’s sixth album – maintains gritty vocals fans have come to recognize and also introduces simple, yet more sophisticated instrumentals and introspective lyrics. While the album shows a gentler side of the […]
Fashion Friday: Week 5, Spring 2018
Students and staff tide over the chilly weather by rocking leather jackets.
Performer Spencer Martin revitalizes morning with song that celebrates childhood
Spencer Martin performed a number he wrote specifically for this year’s Dance Marathon. Martin, a fourth-year theater student, said he worked with Dance Marathon to create an anthemlike number that celebrates childhood and all its wonders. Donning a brown polo over a gray shirt, the musician strummed his light brown bass guitar as a three-member […]