This post was updated March 1 at 7:02 p.m. Dancers will embody divining rods, gasp for air and groove like they’re in a nightclub in “glory us weirdos.” These dance moves are part of Friday’s show, which will present graduate dance students Kristianne Salcines and Levi Gonzalez’s in-progress thesis works. Read more...

Photo: Graduate dance student Levi Gonzalez rehearses his piece, “Polyversa Discoteca,” with several undergraduate dance students. Gonzalez said he drew inspiration for his unfinished work from queer theory research in the fall. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)

“This post was updated Feb. 28 at 2:40 p.m.” Nicky Sohn wrote an opera last year while traveling across three different countries and attending two music festivals. Read more...

Photo: Doctoral candidates in composition Michel Klein and Nicky Sohn each wrote their first operas, which will debut at a workshop reading Friday. Their operas are respectively based on the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, and Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)

The Game Music Ensemble at UCLA wanted percussive cannons for their “Super Smash Bros.” concert, but the fire marshal wouldn’t allow it. Instead, the ensemble opted for a giant hammer. Read more...

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Willy Souly’s first Djanjoba dance circle in Burkina Faso did not involve a lot of dancing. “Everyone was expecting me to move and, growing up shy, I froze for almost an entire minute,” Souly said. Read more...

Photo: UCLA dance professor Willy Souly grew up in Burkina Faso where he attended many Djanjobas, cultural gatherings that involve dance circles and storytelling set to music. (Bilal Ismail Ahmed/Daily Bruin senior staff)