High art is a strange and unfamiliar world for many – only admired by stuffy, old-fashioned types whose works in music and theater often defy comprehension. For Stephanie DePrez, opera is a timeless and inspirational form of expression. “Opera is a very particular beast, especially opera in America,” DePrez said. “It is a very specific […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
New UCLA course tells stories of food insecurity through performances
In 1983, Dan Froot prepared and served an entire meal in his first post-college performance, “An Attack of Loneliness,” in an attempt to form a relationship with his audience members. “I always found a lot of synergy between the act of cooking and eating and food consumption with theater,” Froot said. “It’s a form of […]
Undocumented, Undeclared: Spoken word an outlet for expression
Incoming freshman Elmer Lizarde shares “Ripe,” a spoken-word piece about family, justice, patriotism and growing up as an immigrant.
Hothouse Residency provides LA dancers space to explore creative works
Los Angeles was not a dance-friendly town 21 years ago when Victoria Marks began teaching at UCLA. She said the entertainment industry’s enormous wealth hindered aspiring dance artists from affording rehearsal space in a city known for its involvement in movies. “The expectation is that people have money to pay for rehearsal studios, but for […]
M+B art gallery puts on innovative food-based exhibition
The specials on the menu at M+B art gallery include a smashed Big Mac in a plexiglass box, two ceramic sardines in a dish and a splattering of spaghetti on linen. The food-themed pieces comprise Los Angeles gallery M+B’s current exhibition, “Please Have Enough Acid in the Dish,” which launched July 7 and runs until Sept. 2.The […]
Students, faculty experiment with multimedia to produce ‘Live Cinema’
Ruoxuan Li flipped through Francis Ford Coppola’s photo album and found the image she was looking for. Behind the protective sleeve was an aging photo of young twin boys from the 1920s. The School of Theater, Film and Television alumna stared at the picture and retreated into a warehouse full of clothing. Li returned to […]
Alumna hopes to inspire passion for Colombian dance within LA youth
When Maria Diaz auditioned for the UCLA world arts and cultures’ dance program, she never had any formal dance training. Now the alumna runs her own studio and hopes to provide young people with opportunities she didn’t have as a child. Diaz is a co-director and instructor at Fuego y Sabor Latino Dance Studio, which opened […]