Saturday, February 21

Wacsmash to highlight personal stories of student choreographers

Five women will glide across a mostly bare stage, with only a table, a newspaper and a photo of a house wrecked by natural disaster to set the scene in Glorya Kaufman Hall. Read more...

Photo: Raphael Smith, a fourth-year dance student, choreographed “Mad Haus,” a piece that uses Vogue Femme dance moves to rebel against the masculine standards that Smith grew up with. (Edward Figueroa/Daily Bruin)


Movie review: ‘A Fantastic Woman’

The family of a woman’s dead partner attempts to steal more than just her dog in “A Fantastic Woman.” Directed by Sebastián Lelio, “A Fantastic Woman” is a Chilean Spanish-language film that tells the story of a transgender woman named Marina (Daniela Vega) whose partner, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), dies of an aneurysm. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)




Students connect with others through the tradition of tango

Augustina Ortiz-Marquez dances tango, but it’s nothing like how it looks on “Dancing with the Stars.” The fourth-year Spanish and linguistics student, who has been dancing tango for three years and now dances with the Los Angeles Tango Academy, said gaudy depictions of tango in American society are often inaccurate and untrue to the dance’s Latin American roots. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year Spanish and linguistics student Augustine Ortiz-Marquez dances the Argentine tango similar to the original style of the dance, which is often inaccurately depicted in American media as flashy and gaudy.


Video: Pragathi Guruprasad

Pragathi Guruprasad, a second-year political science student, shares her experience as a professional Indian playback singer and actress. Guruprasad has appeared in numerous Tamil movies after gaining popularity through the reality singing competition Super Singer Junior in 2012. Read more...