by Leann Lo, MFA 1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program Francesca Penzani (Dance/IM MFA 99), a faculty member of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts, begins…
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EventFebruary 11 - 12, 2016
The works of both BFA and MFA students from The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance take the spotlight for the 2016 Open House Dance Concert on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 11…
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Longtime Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts faculty member Colin Connor was recently named the next artistic director of the 70-year-old modern dance company, José Limón Dance Foundation. Connor takes the…
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Domestic violence issues have plagued the National Football League (NFL) for years, and several CalArtians recently turned their art into advocacy—demanding strong reforms in the NFL’s Code of Conduct through a…
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EventDecember 18 - 19, 2015
Above: ‘37.2 degrees,’ an abstract dance piece by Yuanyuan Wang, performed by the Beijing Dance Theatre. Beijing-based dance artist and CalArts alumna Yuanyuan Wang (Dance MFA 03) spent two weeks…
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EventNovember 12 - 15, 2015
Beginning Thursday (Nov. 12), L.A. Contemporary Dance Company (LACDC) presents four nights of new choreography in Four Seasons at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s classical masterpiece,…
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EventOctober 8, 2015
Walt Disney Imagineering comes to CalArts on Thursday (Oct. 8) for WDI Day, also known as the Walt Disney Imagineering Open House. The event, which begins at 4:30 pm at The Sharon Disney Lund Theater,…
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EventOctober 1 - 2, 2015
A teaser of ‘Recortes,’ which will be performed at CalArts Commuter Dance Festival. The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presents its ninth annual Commuter Dance Festival on…
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EventAugust 6 - 8, 2015
Above: An excerpt from ‘BIT.’ The second week of Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater’s (REDCAT) New Original Works (NOW) Festival begins on Thursday (Aug. 6) with three premieres of avant-garde…
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Above: A preview of ‘Broken Story (wherein there is no ecstasy),’ a collaboration between Pam Tanowitz and Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang. The work premiered at Works & Process…
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