Using Campus as a Dance Studio
The sign-ups for the Office of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (OPERS) dance studio are posted every Monday at 10:30 a.m. Leaders of dance groups independent of OPERS scramble to sign up for a practice time and showing up 10 minutes late could cost them the…
Supporting Diversity through Dance
Pedestrians strolling along River Street last Saturday paused as they reached the manicured stretch of sidewalk in front of the Tannery Arts Center. Throughout the afternoon, the courtyard in front of the Colligan Theater welcomed world dancers from Santa Cruz and surrounding areas to perform,…
En Route: Mixed Motions For Inspiration
When asked to describe urban dance — the style of dance Haluan performs — dance team coordinators Ray Chung and Adlina Basuki were at a loss for words. Chung and Basuki, along with third-year Alexis Roney, coordinate the urban dance group at UC Santa Cruz…
Gallery: Birth of Word Festival Invites Array of Performers
Presented by Cultural Arts and Diversity and Rainbow Theater, and organized by students in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP), the Birth of Word Festival started Thursday with workshops and ended Saturday with performances and a catered lunch in the Stevenson Event Center. Saturday’s performances…
Inspired by a Community of Youth
Minutes after Tahitian dance trio People of the Islands brought staff and students on stage to learn the ‘ote’a, and shortly before the final carne asada taco was eaten, the confident and strikingly prepared high schoolers from Durham, North Carolina took the stage in the packed Stevenson Event Center.
Dancing For Spirit, Strength and Change
Hundreds of Santa Cruzans spent their Valentine’s Day celebrating not just their love for their significant others, but to dance and bring awareness to the acts of violence committed against women. One Billion Rising For Justice is a global call for female survivors of violence…