Janelle Monáe fans can finally take a deep look into the R&B songstress’ clever mind in the form of a defiant and bugged computer. In Monáe’s first two studio albums she remained somewhat elusive, building a lure around an alter ego known as Cindi Mayweather, a robot revolutionary. However, five years later, Monáe has released […]
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Team Orange takes first place at the Dance Marathon Color Wars fashion show
A group of students dressed in carrot costumes strutted down the runway at Dance Marathon, throwing carrots at the energized crowd. Dressed as carrots for their namesake color, Team Orange walked away with first place in Dance Marathon’s Color Wars fashion show. Each team showcased creative costumes during the fashion show, all of which were […]
Comedians stand up for sense of community looked for at Dance Marathon
Loud EDM music was replaced with laughter as comedians Salma Zaky and Katie Green took the makeshift stage in Pauley Pavilion for a quick 20-minute sketch. Both third-year English student Zaky and graduate student Green, who performed their own respective stand-up routines individually, emphasized topics surrounding the UCLA community by cracking jokes about the campus’ […]
YOUTHphonics sets Dance Marathon in motion with a cappella performance
YOUTHphonics, basked in blue lighting, kicked off the opening ceremonies for this year’s Dance Marathon. YOUTHphonics, a community service a cappella group at UCLA, first performed at dance marathon two years ago. This year, the group sang the national anthem followed by their rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Grant Colin, YOUTHphonics’ co-president and a fourth-year economics […]
Global Melodies: Music of Thailand Ensemble
Led by adjunct associate professor of ethnomusicology Supeena Insee Adler, UCLA’s Music of Thailand Ensemble practices and performs a traditional style of Thai music called mahori. This style of music includes percussion, strings and vocals.
Symposium to showcase integration of VR into architecture, design space
Presenters at Visionworlds used virtual reality to turn pancreatic beta cells into a bustling cityscape with anatomic infrastructure. The symposium, which will take place at the UCLA IDEAS campus April 28, aims to show how VR can be integrated into the design process of architectural environments, said Güvenç Özel, lead faculty member and program advisor […]
Global Melodies: Returning from three decades of hiatus, Thai music ensemble continues to grow
Adjunct assistant professor Supeena Insee Adler revived UCLA’s Music of Thailand Ensemble after spending 100 hours refurbishing decayed Thai instruments. David Morton, a former professor at UCLA’s department of music, originally founded the ensemble in 1964 using instruments he personally acquired from Thailand. However, after Morton’s retirement in 1985, the ensemble went on hiatus indefinitely […]