“Potiche” starts with Catherine Deneuve in lurid red sweatpants, three ever-classy adidas stripes snaking down her legs, jogging in a park. She stops her exercise to coo at the wildlife around her, emitting oohs and aahs at deer and birds, seemingly enthralled. She finds one squirrel so captivating that she pens a short poem about it on the spot
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After eight hours, participants slow down
The hallway at Ackerman Union looks like a hillbilly convention. Most people seem to have taken the “power tool” theme as a go-ahead to wear paisley bandanas, yellow plastic helmets and dungarees.
Alumnus proposes at Dance Marathon
What better way to spice up an event than with an onstage marriage proposal?
Cowboy and leprechaun communities represented in the Dance Marathon costume contest
“I’m Too Sexy” played as a fairy, a girl in a leopard costume and a guy with only a UCLA towel protecting his dignity stand in a row on stage.
Ackerman Grand Ballroom just saw the Dance Marathon’s costume contest, where the winners were chosen by the level of reaction they received from the audience. The winners were a space cowboy, a giant leprechaun and a group dressed in pink onesies.
Students change into pajamas, but they're not sleeping
More than 1,500 students in pajamas. The new “dream” theme makes most of the dancers look like they’ve just rolled out of bed, albeit with a lot of energy. In fact, this could be an over-caffeinated De Neve Plaza breakfast scene.
Speakers from Camp Heartland remind dancers what the marathon is for
Only 15 people have come to the First Aid table on the side of the dance floor, manned by the Pediatric AIDS Committee. The stand is handing out ibuprofen and Band-Aids, as the most common complaints have been of knee, back and foot pain.
The writing on the bathroom walls inspires the tired
“Never put Icy-Hot on your vagina.” Crucial advice from the Pediatric Aids Coalition, kindly posted on the women’s restroom walls.