Maggie Darago exhaled deeply with a timid smile as she rattled off her upcoming 10-day routine for “A Chorus Line” – a 10-hour dance and voice rehearsal, a drive home and a personal practice in her room before turning in for the night. Darago, a fourth-year theater student graduating in June, will perform in the […]
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Love | Hate: Does the art of fashion benefit from celebrity models at the Met Gala?
Calvin Klein, Givenchy and countless other high-fashion names brought their futuristic and famed designs to the red carpet of the Museum of Metropolitan Art in New York City on Monday night. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, the annual fashion event better known as the Met Gala, fundraises for the museum’s costume design […]
First-year draws her own path through the field of graphic design
The morning sun rays peeked through Natalie Sypkens’ Rieber Hall window. Sypkens laid out paint brushes, fine point pens and a sketchbook. She tied up her hair, popped in headphones and got to work. For the first-year undeclared student, graphic design is not just her hobby, but her job. Scroll through Free People’s blog or […]
Q&A: YouTube prankster Danny Duncan discusses filming, future plans
Danny Duncan kick-flips on his skateboard as he speeds down Bruin Walk, but Duncan is not headed to class. When he approaches Bruins, some might identify him as the YouTube prankster with more than 160,000 subscribers and more than 12 million views. Those who might not recognize him as he strolls campus with the rest […]
Q&A: Alumna shares three-year path to graduation, career building
Three was the magic number for Jenée Dana. Dana graduated from UCLA in 2005 as a third-year geography and environmental studies student, rather than completing the traditional four-year undergraduate track. Since then, Dana has checked three boxes. The first was opening her paper-planner company, “My Focus Book LLC,” a tool she created to stay organized […]
Kid Koala’s ‘Nufonia Must Fall’ meshes music, film with puppetry
The dimly lit stage hosted a bustling 13-man team composed of cameramen switching angles, musicians harmonizing and puppeteers directing miniature characters. When the audience’s gaze shifts upward, the hectic scene completely transforms fluidly to black and white film. The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA will present “Nufonia Must Fall” in Royce Hall […]
UCLA couple shares love of dance, career aspirations
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays comprised of carpools to internship. Tuesdays and Thursdays – same lectures, shared studying, all topped with a grueling dance practice lasting well into the early hours of the morning. Brenda Lienh and William Lam were inseparable – their schedules simply wouldn’t allow otherwise. Before these shared routines were established, both had […]