CalArts Guest Artist Benjamin Millepied Talks Film, Dance Projects

The CalArts Film Directing program’s lecture series recently hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, probably best known to American audiences for his choreography on the 2010 Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan….

Alumna Curates With a Name Like Yours… Exhibit at UC Irvine

[nggallery id=”278″] On Thursday (Oct. 4) curator Claudia Slanar (Critical Studies MA 10, MFA 11) presents a new exhibition, With a Name Like Yours, You Might Be Any Shape, at the Contemporary…

A Sort of Homecoming: Commuter Dance Festival Welcomes Alumni Choreographers

On Thursday and Friday (Oct. 4-5), The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presents the Sixth Annual Commuter Dance Festival. Developed to provide a creative exchange between CalArts…

CalArts Authors at West Hollywood Book Fair this Weekend

Even though it’s Carmaggedon weekend in Los Angeles, a number of CalArts authors are braving the 405-less city to participate in the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday. Among the…

CalArts Alum Genndy Tartakovsky Helms Animated ‘Hotel Transylvania’

The animated film Hotel Translyvania—from Sony Pictures Animation—opens nationwide today (Sept. 28). Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez, the film focuses on the escapades of…

WHAP! Screening: U.S. Premiere of Simondon of the Desert

On Tuesday (Oct. 2), the WHAP! Lecture Series presents the U.S. premiere of director François Lagarde’s film, Simondon of the Desert—a documentary celebrating the work of French philosopher of technology, Gilbert Simondon (1924–1989)….

Baker Lights New York City Ballet’s Year of the Rabbit

By Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 CalArts alum Brandon Stirling Baker (Theater BFA 10) has designed the lighting for New York City Ballet’s newest performance, Year of the Rabbit, a collaboration between…

CalArtians Nominated for Ovation and NAACP Theatre Awards

Update 1: Actor Jacqueline Wright (Theater BFA 91) was also nominated for an Ovation Award for “Lead Actress In A Play” for her role as Jon Benét in ‘House of Gold.’ Update…

Online Archive Features 200 REDCAT Poster Designs

[nggallery id=”277″] By Joseph Prichard/Special to 24700 Since its inception in 2005, nearly 200 posters have been designed and printed by CalArts graphic design students for the REDCAT poster series….

WHAP! Lecture Series Returns: Electoral Politics and the Fight for Equality

WHAP!—the MA Aesthetics and Politics program’s year-long series of lectures and events in West Hollywood is back. The series opens tonight (Sept. 21) with author, historian, civic leader and political commentator Nancy…