Brianna Haire placed first in Abby Lee Miller’s show, “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition,” creating a reputation as the redhead who wowed the “Dance Moms” coach. The incoming first-year dance student pursued dance seriously after dancing her first competition piece at the age of six. She then practiced competition dance until she placed first in the […]
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Dance community looks to UCLA to improve studio availability
This post was updated June 8 at 9:55 a.m. Practicing in UCLA’s concrete parking lots has become status quo for UCLA’s dance community because of a lack of available space. The university is home to more than 20 dance organizations that each practice around 10 hours per week. But with a shortage of space to […]
Theater department delivers eerie production of musical “Carrie”
Nick DeGruccio wants audience members to jump and maybe even wet their pants when watching his latest production. Based on Stephen King’s work, the pop-rock musical “Carrie” centers on an awkward teenager, who is bullied by her overly religious mother and her high school peers. But Carrie exacts revenge when she learns of her telekinetic […]
UCLA Extension students showcase award-winning short films at festival
Santa Monica Pier authorities asked Marc Pannia to leave the pier. He was filming the bright, flashing ferris wheel and arcades without a permit. The UCLA Extension alumnus was attempting to get footage of an actress enjoying the carnival games at the pier for his film “OverAgain.” He ended up shooting scenes of her smiling […]
Concert review: Whitney
Asking someone to prom in the middle of a concert is the best time to do it. At Whitney’s concert Thursday night, a high schooler climbed onstage at the El Rey Theatre with a poster and a bouquet of yellow flowers to ask his fellow classmate to prom. “You gotta say ‘yes’ to him now, […]
Dance grad students tap into personal histories in performance ‘TOUCH’
Majorettes chant “B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E” as they breathe heavily and fling their limbs around their bodies. In Friday and Saturday’s dance performance “TOUCH” at the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater, two students will present dance pieces created during their three years in UCLA’s graduate dance program. In the first half, two works by Casey Brown, one of […]
Student drag show at Hedrick Hall seeks to question gender binary
Cooper Reynolds will emcee Hedrick Hall’s first drag show as Lorelei, his blonde drag queen persona. Reynolds, the show’s host and executive producer, and other members of UCLA’s Hedrick Hall resident government council have been planning the Hedrick Hall Drag Show since the beginning of the quarter. Wednesday’s event will feature six two-minute performances by […]