After four years of dancing together, Grace Matteson and Taylor Whitakers’ years of close friendship inevitably surface in the synchronization of their movements. “We have connected so much outside of dancing that now we connect in the dance,” Matteson said. “You can tell when people dancing have a connection but it’s something you just have […]
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UCLA theater student makes a move with Nick Cannon
Pumping himself up prior to an audition by jumping and sprinting in black slacks and a purple shirt with Britney Spears blasting in his ears, Venk Potula was surprised to see a limousine pull up alongside him. Potula said the back window rolled down to reveal actor and “America’s Got Talent” host Nick Cannon, who told Potula […]
‘Americans!’ highlights the power of Processing
From one moment to the next, Casey Reas’ artwork transforms, refusing to ever remain the same. His recent digital work “Americans!” represents this mutability, depicting constantly fluctuating pixels and colors so no two identical images ever occur. “One thing about making artwork that’s software is it’s not like a film with a beginning and end, […]
UCLA student’s new video game music performance group open to all levels
When UCLA cut Masha Lepire’s classical guitar program due to lack of funding last year, she worried that she would never have the opportunity to perform in a formal musical setting again. Lepire decided to solve this problem herself, combining her passion for music and lifelong love for gaming into creating a video game orchestra […]
Tiffany Ma garners following on YouTube for beauty reviews
Tiffany Ma has made the world just a little less orange. Ma reviews items sent to her by fashion companies like Nine West for her YouTube channel. If a product proves problematic, like when a tanning lotion turned her inexplicably orange, she sends the company her opinion on how to fix it. “With my YouTube […]
Bruin expresses her individuality through artistic ventures
As she walks through the Broad Art Center dressed in a menacing black vest studded with plastic spikes, Kristyn Solie looks like she has always felt. Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at a very young age, Solie designed the spiked vest with the aim of externalizing the alienation ADHD has caused her. “I wanted […]
Movie review: ‘Metallica: Through the Never’
Concert movies in today’s cinema are notably ingenuous. The behind-the-scenes material of films such as “One Direction: This is Us” seems staged and appears like just another stop ontheir PR campaign. “Metallica: Through the Never,” however, revives the raw concert experience, providing an honest account of the band despite the lack of live footage. Depicting […]