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Arts

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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June 1, 1:31 am

Playwrights connect UCLA, London students for Two Cities Project

Alice Tuan wanted to engage with students of the new Internet generation to experiment with theater adapting in the digital age. As a playwright in The Two Cities Project, Tuan said the internet is allowing a global conversation and open rehearsal between artists. Read more...

Photo: The Two Cities Project incorporates playwrights, directors and students based at UCLA and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, as they each explore the theme of migration through exercises in rehearsals. The two groups will share their ideas with one another on Friday through video by broadband Internet connection. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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May 30, 11:29 pm

Producer, bassist Thundercat electrifies Royce Hall with performance

Thundercat’s energy proved that he was more than the producer who collaborated with Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus. From the start of his performance the audience saw a proud and energetic artist who was ready to show off his own voice. Read more...

Photo: Stephen Bruner, also known as Thundercat, performed at Royce Hall Friday night. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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May 29, 12:30 pm

Act III Theatre Ensemble performs dialogue-free musical ’35mm’

The song “Stop Time” reminds Megan Fitzgerald to pause and reflect on her last days as an undergraduate at UCLA. “Stop Time” will be the first song in this weekend’s performance by UCLA’s Act III Theatre Ensemble, said the fourth-year theater student, as the group closes out the school year with a play that pays tribute to living in the moment and capturing milestones in life. Read more...

Photo: The West Coast debut of “35mm: A Musical Exhibition,” a production of Act III Theatre Ensemble, features actors and actresses expressing the stories of their characters with corresponding songs and photographs. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 29, 9:25 am

‘Currency Affairs’ earns Best in Show at Shorttakes film festival

Zehao Xue’s “Currency Affairs” clocks in at 3 minutes 52 seconds. But the time Xue spent working on the award-winning film went beyond what he said to be the usual timeline for student projects. Read more...

Photo: Graduate film student Zehao Xue’s animated film “Currency Affairs,” a story about two separated dollar bills, took home the award for Best in Show at the Shorttakes Student Film Festival on May 21. (Courtesy of Zehao Xue)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 29, 9:13 am

Student wins second straight Best Animation Award at Shorttakes

Elderly Edna Katz sits in her nursing home, bored and watching television, when she is shocked to her feet by an advertisement to save homeless cats. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Ben Haist’s five-minute long animated film “Cat Lady” won first place in the animation category at the Shorttakes Student Film Festival on May 21. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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May 29, 9:03 am

Kyodo Taiko to celebrate 25th anniversary, showcase original songs

Walls reverberated with a loud history as Kyodo Taiko drummers moved in perfect unison, striking their large drums in a mix of martial arts and percussion. Read more...

Photo: Kyodo Taiko will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday with its spring concert, “Shukusai,” in the Freud Playhouse. Formed in 1990, the group is the oldest collegiate taiko drumming troop in the country. (Rough | Draft Media)


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