Individual style and group synchronization are often difficult for dancers to balance. Last weekend, PNG x Body Rock: Dance Camp 2019 aimed to address this contradiction. Passion Nurtures Growth, a dance organization, and Body Rock Dance Competition held the camp at the John Wooden Center on Saturday and Sunday. The event’s 10 master classes were […]
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From panels to cosplay to art, thousands of fans find community at Anime Expo
Winged sorcerers and kunai-wielding shinobis flew down Figueroa Street on Bird scooters to mark the return of America’s largest anime convention. The Los Angeles Convention Center hosted Anime Expo from Thursday to Sunday, featuring a plethora of exhibition booths, panels and premieres. From a Shonen Jump panel discussing upcoming titles that will appear in the […]
‘The Big Bang Theory’ sets take the stage on Warner Bros. tour after show’s end
This post was updated July 1 at 2:00 p.m. New sets will arrive with a bang on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood. Beginning June 28, “The Big Bang Theory” stage, “Stage 25,” joined the company’s studio tour, allowing fans to experience backdrops like Apartment 4A and the California Institute of Technology Physics Department cafeteria. […]
Movie review: Spider-Man battles monsters of expectation, grief in ‘Far From Home’
Peter Parker is far from home and in over his head. Eight months after “Avengers: Endgame,” “Spider-Man: Far From Home” follows Peter (Tom Holland) and his friends as they grapple with the aftermath of Thanos’ defeat. The ending of the last Marvel film was certainly bittersweet. Although everyone managed to return from dust, the world […]
Student attributes success in ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ to hard work, drive
The third time was the charm for Lorenzo Rangel-Santos’ “So You Think You Can Dance” audition. The fourth-year dance student is currently competing on season 16 of the TV dance competition where he has advanced to the academy round in the show’s most recent episode. After auditioning for the past two seasons, Rangel-Santos said he […]
Alumna pushes YouTube literary community to take a leaf out of diversity’s book
Christina Mitchell fell in love slowly, then all at once with “The Fault in Our Stars.” After reading John Green’s novel, the alumna said she scoured the corners of YouTube to see how others had responded to the book. In addition to the John Green enthusiasts she originally sought, Mitchell found an entire online book […]
UCLA lecturer writes short story collection especially pertinent to young Asians
An introductory computer science textbook inspired a story about algorithmically approaching father-daughter relationships. After numerous drafts, the short story became one of 12 in UCLA lecturer Xuan Juliana Wang’s book “Home Remedies: Stories,” which was published May 14. The collection is organized into three sections – family, love, and time and space – and explores […]