Several audience members at “Pang!,” a series of three live radio plays, sit around a kitchen table onstage instead of in their seats. Before, during and after the show, the play’s director sits down at the table and encourages the audience members to discuss food insecurity, housing issues and other core themes of the play. […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
Professor’s sculptural video installation to illuminate Philadelphia
Jennifer Steinkamp was, like Benjamin Franklin, intrigued by electricity. For her latest art piece, Steinkamp, a design media arts professor, created a sculptural video installation, titled “Winter Fountains,” which will be illuminated sunset to midnight from Thursday to March 18 as a part of the centennial celebration of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The […]
Dance Break: UCLA’s International Folk Dance Club, Global Dance Club
International Folk Dance Club and Global Dance Club at UCLA aim to embrace the culture of Greece through fun folk dances paired with upbeat music. During the Greek/Balkan Culture Night, dance co-director Cynthia Harper teaches a tutorial for the song “Kalamatiano / Syrto,” which involves repeated foot steps and group interactions.
Otamatone orchestra to perform as part of Japanese device art exhibit
An orchestra of instruments that resemble giant musical notes with head-shaped bulbs will fill the Broad Art Center with synthesized sounds Tuesday. The instrument, known as an otamatone, is a piece of Japanese device art that Erkki Huhtamo, a professor in design media arts, will showcase in an otamatone orchestra comprising UCLA design media arts […]
Alumnus helps direct play that aims to normalize transgender identity
Shen Heckel didn’t get the lead in “Rotterdam,” but the opportunity to work on a play about transgender identity made him determined to join the production. Heckel became the assistant director for the play, which tells the story of two women in a relationship as one struggles to come out to her parents, while her […]
Students aim to explore meaning of sanctuary through art show
Nicole Corona Diaz and Nelson Chavez photographed hands painted as monarch butterflies for their latest art piece. Their photograph will be displayed in “Sanctuary Art Show,” which will open Friday in the Academic Affairs Commission office and display student artwork focusing on the theme of sanctuary on campus. Corona Diaz said the term “sanctuary” primarily […]
Theater review: ‘Chasing Mem’ries’
The beginning dialogues in “Chasing Mem’ries” feel a bit stale, much like the stuffy attic the play is set in. Directed by Josh Ravetch, “Chasing Mem’ries: A Different Kind of Musical” runs from Nov. 7 to Dec. 17 at the Geffen Playhouse. The play portrays the newly widowed Victoria (Tyne Daly) as she mourns the […]