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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/baafc808-9253-4e4b-b375-fe356558331f/CAF4BD2D-83DA-48BE-BA26-2EC5E12FC6E8.jpg Love Letters to You and Me - Call To Action Audience members can add on to the artwork with the extra canvases and paint markers laid out for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8bbed6c2-aea0-4b6d-b903-2d6dde2c6b5c/daily+bruin+photo+1.jpg Love Letters to You and Me - Bio. My name is Chang and I am a third year World Arts and Culture major. My piece is an exploration of gender inspired by photos taken by my friend Pilar Shen-Berro. I hope for the audience to continuously find intricacies in my paintings and see that there is more than what meets the eye. Photography by Daily Bruin https://wacsmash.com/gurmukhi daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1ce66b47-5dcc-4a15-984c-682d07088bb6/gurmukhi.jpg Go Here, Stay There - Call To Action Independent research on the sociopolitical impact of global migration trends. Potential starting point: The Population Review Journal (Project Muse) Volunteer Organizations: International Rescue Committee The International Migration Initiative (through the Open Society Foundations) For a specific glimpse into the partition of India and Pakistan, which is the lens through which Gurmukhi interpreted this material: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/2f2525da-5e51-47fe-9a71-71044962e201/gumy.jpg Go Here, Stay There - Bio. I am a fourth year dance major. This piece aims to explore migration as a movement quality in an attempt to understand its patterns of operation, transformation, and evolution. https://wacsmash.com/program-notes daily 0.75 2022-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/f2083081-210b-48b0-8264-53c321c06358/IMG_5477.PNG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Alt/ers CREATORS: Aminata Diop aka puma*, Madison Tanguay, Ava Brock & Promise Ogunleye "Alt/ers" is dance and music about the spaces of solitude and ritual that allow us to come into our identities and connect with our bodies. CALL TO ACTION: It needs to be made aware that some bodies are not awarded the right to stillness, but may need it the most. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/f8cd52b2-dc01-4c98-88d1-b93d16d757b9/hours+2.PNG To Whom It May Concern: Program - (H)ours CREATOR: Avielle Conn Sherman "H(ours)" is a montage of digital clips as well as different types of dance movement. It explores the crossing of intersectional feminism and environmental justice, and the different stages this carries: from defeated and angry to hopeful and empowered. CALL TO ACTION: As a community, we need to care for the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/c4b37655-1e5f-4c87-ad7c-8860bb4b32a2/IMG_5479.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag creator: Bernice Wang As someone who is not a famous Asian socialite, dedicating my life to art is fraught with financial considerations. I remember reading about Heart Evangelista who paints on her dozens of Hermes bags, that then resell for thousands. Thus, "Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag" expresses the socioeconomic disparity in the art industry, performing or visual. CALL TO ACTION: Consider and reflect on the accessibility of and privilege behind the art you consume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/69486557-2263-4ac6-a4e7-517fc7308cf6/IMG_5483.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - Social Distancing CREATOR: Blaze Bautista My work touches on social issues affecting human experiences. "Social Distancing" is about the increase in depression and anxiety among youth, brought on by feelings of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. CALL TO ACTION: Reduce stigma around mental health by educating yourself and others around you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/4ba53c5f-6e3b-43da-9d0f-4044d992f5a0/IMG_5484.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - Love Letters to You and Me CREATOR: Chang Zhou COLLABORATOR: Pilar Shen-Berro This piece is an exploration of gender inspired by photos taken by my friend Pilar Shen-Berro. I hope for the audience to continuously find intricacies in my paintings and see that there is more than what meets the eye. CALL TO ACTION: Express your identity. Audience members can add on to the artwork with the extra canvases and paint markers laid out for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/5d28a268-56a8-4e24-88fb-871283503569/cristina+1.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Deeper Than Ink CREATOR: Cristina Williams I am a student, artist, and canvas. As I continue to tattoo people, the permanence of tattooing history is highlighted and brought into new spaces. This piece is about the privileges of art making and art sharing, specifically its disparity throughout time. CALL TO ACTION: Open space for conversations about gentrification, capitalism, and violence in relation to tattooed people and tattoo artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/c4e00cff-babd-4b5b-b341-b43a28cb39e0/00B98386-6276-480E-8EB7-0B7F998F8D2E_1_105_c.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - The Eyes That Surround Them CREATOR: Nina Morasky I began thinking about all the ways that the performance of femininity weaves itself into the lives of women due to the gaze of society. The intricacies of this experience are not often acknowledged, but in this piece I aim to empower those who feel as though they have been harmed by the eyes that surround them. CALL TO ACTION: Viewers of this piece are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences as well as contribute to efforts that uplift women's voices in the media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/969b07e2-c09d-4e0d-8eac-0e8421ffe69c/sophia+1.PNG To Whom It May Concern: Program - See You Tomorrow CREATOR: Sophia Lin This piece is about the subtle emotions and intimate relations between two girls. Despite the feelings and details displayed in the film by my dancers, I hope that you can relate it with your own experience in life. CALL TO ACTION: Cherish everyone around you and all those you meet in your life, especially the ones you love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/86105c98-8477-4568-80a3-e76fa1fe01b3/8N1A0090.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - Bryonn Bain Bryonn Bain is a prison activist, actor, hip hop theater innovator, and spoken word poetry champion. His theater, film, and television work are critically acclaimed. After being wrongfully imprisoned in his second year at Harvard Law, Bain sued the NYPD and has since shared his story through hip hop theater, spoken word poetry, blues, and other art forms. Bain’s production with the Lyrics on Lockdown Tour reached 25 states and spawned higher education courses to build literacy in prisons nationwide. Bain founded and currently directs the Prison Education Program at UCLA, where he has developed and taught arts and justice-based courses and programs in Los Angeles prisons. He teaches on the faculty of African American Studies in the School of the Arts' department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance, and the Law School. Learn More. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/fe377144-05b9-4d12-bd1f-6be7214da819/chris.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - It Gets Better CREATOR: Christopher Aguirre "It Gets Better" is one of many journeys an LGBTQIA+ individual goes through when learning to accept and acknowledge oneself. Enter the mind of endless thoughts and the fear that comes with self-acceptance. The purpose is to instill hope, empower individuals who have gone or are going through similar experiences, and celebrate who we were born to be. It gets better! CALL TO ACTION: Educating the public and the community about LGBTQIA+ issues and advancing pro-equality policy and litigation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/de4c4278-09ac-479e-a118-752cd4505932/maari.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Strawberry Fields CREATOR: Marimar Lopez Tovar This piece is about all the farmworkers who are still underpaid or taken advantage of due to their citizenship status. My family members worked in the fields before going to school or finding better jobs. This piece celebrates their hard work and that of the thousands of people who bring food to our table. CALL TO ACTION: Farmers' rights affect us, as we eat what they grow for us so help fight for better laws that protect them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/e4fcd3c1-2a26-42bb-8842-b6d548b5550f/lilah.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - The Gap Between CREATOR: Lilah Haye "The Gap Between" focuses on the concept of intersectionality, how social categorizations overlap to create additional levels of disempowerment. Specifically, women of color often fall in the gap between race issues and women's issues. CALL TO ACTION: Enter the world with a new perspective on not only the experiences of women of color, but also on any person that experiences additional levels of disempowerment due to intersectionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/96d86c97-1187-4c51-bcd8-6ed00a5e5e8f/berber.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - She is Her, Her is Me CREATOR: Monique Berber "She is Her, Her is Me" is about Black and Brown women seeking community, healing, nurturing, and solutions for generational trauma. The piece showcases a battle that is both internal and external, highlighting how often times not only are we as Black and Brown women fighting against society's expectations and stereotypes, but also fighting within our own communities. That even at times we are at battle with ourselves. CALL TO ACTION: Question how you view Black and Brown women, as we are more than just strong, angry, and victims. We are healers, divine, nurtures, lovers, and human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/a0541c29-2c39-4fdd-a3f8-6286e958e03f/rian.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - Behind Closed Doors CREATOR: Rian James Alcid This piece depicts an Asian American family of a mother and her 3 children, and dissects the life they live behind closed doors. The purpose of this piece is to exhibit the reality of the relationships between each character, since they often go unnoticed and unspoken about. CALL TO ACTION: Learn more about the cultural and traditional values of Asians/Asian Americans to better understand the mental health stigma against Asian American individuals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/c2e8a24d-81d9-46ac-ab3c-76fc4b9cfda9/travis+2.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Echoes Amplified CREATORS: Travis Lim and Leo Flores Our piece challenges the presence of authentic Hip Hop dance on a predominantly western and minority-excluding theater stage. Hip Hop as an art form was created out of the need for expression amongst the Black and Brown community. We now challenge this space, as a minority speaking out through Hip Hop to show that our culture is more than a trend. CALL TO ACTION: De-stigmatize Hip Hop and prevent its exploitation in existing systems of oppression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/08447e44-8598-4c4b-8347-da8a3765770c/IMG_5686.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - W(Hole) CREATOR: Diana Toledo This piece attempts to explore the many faces of mental health and the ways that we can continue to support one another through the constantly evolving world of the inner city. This pandemic has brought with it so many social justice movements that have continued to evoke all sorts of experiences on the spectrum of mental health. CALL TO ACTION: Check in with your own mental health, and know you are not alone and it is okay to feel what you are feeling, to pause and take a breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/bef1554b-78f5-44f3-af81-43fa6c46f2e4/audrey+2.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Program - Goodbye, Pupeteer CREATOR: Audrey Lee My piece dissects the ideals of women to be fragile and docile, being prodded to perfection through individual and collective experiences when thinking of what it means to be a woman. I urge the audience to ponder upon their views of what women “should” be and how that portrayal and resistance is explored in my choreography. CALL TO ACTION: Advocate for education for young girls and women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/f506f6e4-e4e9-4392-803d-47fd99dfb1f8/gumy.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Go Here, Stay There CREATOR: Gurmukhi Bevli This piece aims to explore migration as a movement quality in an attempt to understand its patterns of operation, transformation, and evolution. CALL TO ACTION: Begin independent research on the sociopolitical impact of global migration trends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/2fb92137-07ab-4c4a-8314-42ec223c602f/juliette.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Am I Woman Enough? CREATOR: Juliette Martinez I aimed to create a work that showcases the evolution of a woman's acceptance of identity. This piece is a direct challenge to the patriarchy and the oppressive male gaze. Typically, by showcasing styles that have a lack of women representation, we are further reclaiming our place in these art forms and creating an opportunity to reclaim our identities through the exploration of gender expression through movement. CALL TO ACTION: How can we change habits that exist because of the patriarchy and reframe them with equality in mind? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/4a8f6fc6-a15a-45f3-87e3-d998cd9e4b86/cayu.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Program - Next Stop CREATORS: Carlos (Cayu) Mayorga Jr., Mary Polhemus We are using public transportation, specifically the bus, as a vessel to explore the varying social, economic, and cultural inequalities seen in cities across the U.S. Our piece "Next Stop" seeks to improve representation for mislabeled communities and uplift the voices, stories, and histories that are often muted and obscured. CALL TO ACTION: Research and advocate for public transportation systems that are safe, affordable, reliable, and accessible to all. https://wacsmash.com/puma-madi daily 0.75 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8a9936c8-1e0d-42ee-858f-b68c657be6ba/938FC3F3-EA99-40CC-B64D-9BED927975C1+%281%29.jpg Alt/ers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645947690246-35WMD2GUJ9EG4CJHTDEF/madi.jpg Alt/ers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/0be2f19d-cae6-4521-a8ee-cc358cad3cbf/IMG_5475.PNG Alt/ers - Call To Action Take time for stillness and presence in any way possible, and that it’s need to be made aware that some bodies are not awarded the right to stillness , but need it the most. https://wacsmash.com/blaze daily 0.75 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/edd8d21a-e84a-4727-a619-a723f9472615/IMG_5482.jpg Social Distancing - Call To Action Reduce stigma around mental health by educating yourself and others around you. Volunteer for a mental health organization or local nonprofit serving youth. Encourage your local community leaders to officially recognize mental health awareness events. Be there for the people around you who are struggling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/41c420e0-c6d7-470d-a408-aba001c36116/image0+%281%29.jpg Social Distancing - Bio. My name is Blaze and I’m a visual artist whose work touches on social issues affecting human experiences. My piece Social Distancing is about the increase in depression and anxiety among youth, brought on by feelings of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://wacsmash.com/marimar daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/2970c7fd-7dd4-4c5c-856c-990a0110d08d/marimar.jpg Strawberry Fields - Call To Action Call to Action: Farmers' rights affect us, as we eat what they grow for us. While we enjoy lower price tags in the supermarkets, workers starting as young as ten sacrifice hours under the sun. Learning about the different activists that have advocated for their rights is a good start. Then, support local organizations and help fight for better laws that protect them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/ea8bac3e-50a0-47cc-9ec9-534a07eb76bc/marimar+headshot+%281%29.jpg Strawberry Fields - Bio. I am a dancer, choreographer, and Mexican immigrant to this country. I like to highlight the human experience through movement and mixed media. This piece is about all the farmworkers who are still underpaid or taken advantage of due to their citizenship status. My family members worked in the fields before going to school or finding better jobs. This piece celebrates their hard work among the thousands of other people who bring food to our table. https://wacsmash.com/audrey daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/62e633bb-c295-4b75-92ad-2c177f990b65/adjusted+%281%29.png Goodbye, Pupeteer - Call To Action Education for young girls and women: Unicef Education on services and opportunities for women: The Situation of Girls & Young Women https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/4b3d1967-e7b8-4e40-8445-7ce9cc48ce41/IMG_0339.jpg Goodbye, Pupeteer - Bio. I am a fourth year, who aims to bring my audience into a fantasy through a multi-faceted language that is infused with explosive, sensational, limitless, and complex movement. My piece dissects the ideals of women to be fragile and docile, being prodded to perfection through individual and collective experiences when thinking of what it means to be a woman. I urge the audience to ponder upon their views of what women “should” be and how that portrayal and resistance is explored in my choreography. https://wacsmash.com/berber daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/9f9be871-7484-42c5-93e3-161b70707b44/berber+adjusted.png She is Her, Her is Me - Call To Action I want my audience to begin to question how they view Black and Brown women. Along with thinking about if they hold expectations or certain ideals towards these women? Where do these ideas come from? I want other women who identify with my piece to see themselves. I hope they see that every inch of them is beautiful and worthy. That regardless of how society might see them, they know we as a cast see them for who they are. I encourage others to shift the way they see Black and Brown women by allowing them to be themselves. That we are more than just strong, angry, and victims. That we are healers, divine, nurtures, lovers, and HUMAN. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/232849a9-d31e-443c-8ad7-128560acc2f5/liz%26berber-48.jpg She is Her, Her is Me - Bio. I am Monique Berber, a third year WAC Dance and Chicanx/Central American studies Major. “She is Her, Her is Me” is about Black and Brown women seeking community, healing, nurturing and solutions for generational trauma. The piece showcases a battle that is both internal and external. Showcasing how often times not only are we as Black and Brown women fighting against society's expectations and stereotypes but also fighting within our own communities. That even at times we are at battle with ourselves. https://wacsmash.com/bernice daily 0.75 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/61e01234-70bd-4533-923a-319c9b7009a7/BAG+3.PNG Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/64a28c41-f6c3-44b2-8d21-072a99a59146/BAG+1.PNG Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645939297660-2GHBUDSX5MU2I9OQE2P8/BAG%2B2.jpg Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645940565547-IMIMSSQHN6SXT2HQDADG/IMG_5488.jpg Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/9059a0a2-6707-4809-afd2-a524515e6490/IMG_5480.jpg Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag - Call To Action There are rich people doing art, poor people doing art, and people like me in the socioeconomic middle also doing art. Regardless of artistic privilege, our training, materials, and venues cost money. Those with less opportunities and resources struggle to prosper while those with privilege have a leg up, as money makes more money. So, pay your artists, credit their work, and consider the accessibility of and the privilege behind the art you consume. You can commission work directly from artists, donate if you can to nonprofits, attend small galleries, and share the artwork (with credit!) with your circles. Lastly, advocate for arts education reform; why, especially when schools are financially pressured, should the arts suffer first? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/25afef11-dd7c-4e01-9f00-fe01060d7bd8/DSC04239.jpg Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag - Bio. “As someone who is not a famous Asian socialite, dedicating my life to art is fraught with financial considerations. I remember reading about Heart Evangelista who paints on her dozens of Hermes bags, that then resell for thousands. Thus, Famous Asian Socialite Paints On Bag expresses the socioeconomic disparity in the art industry, performing or visual.” Bernice Wang is a mixed-media artist originally trained in traditional art and manga/graphic styles but has branched out to explore more interdisciplinary work. She enjoys the freedom of combining different mediums in unpredictable ways, such as painting with melted wax or sculpting foam with caulk. Additionally, Bernice draws influence from her experience in architectural and industrial design, and more recently, in the fundamentals of CAD and digital art. Photography by Armando Gray https://wacsmash.com/lilah daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/6e4db549-58d0-4de8-bdc1-79ef25896ca3/lilah.png The Gap Between - Call To Action Upon watching my piece, I hope the audience will have a better understanding of the forces of intersectionality. I want the audience to enter the world with a new perspective on not only the experiences of women of color, but also on any person that experiences additional levels of disempowerment due to intersectionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/7d47532c-0b62-4994-bd78-a7843916e1d6/Lilah+Haye.JPG The Gap Between - Bio. I am a 4th year at UCLA double majoring in Dance and Public Affairs and minoring in African American Studies. "The Gap Between" focuses on the concept of intersectionality, how social categorizations overlap to create additional levels of disempowerment. Specifically, women of color often fall in the gap between race issues and women's issues. https://wacsmash.com/juliette daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/9e2d9b0a-1ed9-45b7-ab85-18ff1a3400b9/juliette.png Am I Woman Enough? - Call To Action Start by reflecting and changing small habits that exist because of the patriarchy, and see how it is possible to reframe those habits with equality in mind. Continue to uplift the women and female-identifying members of your community by supporting their endeavors and investing in their growth. Begin to engage in dialogue with peers to move forward in ways that no longer reinforce the patriarchy, and encourage others to do the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/cb715cd7-f22c-40e9-8857-77b2860ef306/Juliette+Headshot.jpg Am I Woman Enough? - Bio. For my 4th and final WACsmash show, I aimed to create a work that showcases the evolution of a woman's acceptance of identity. Fostering an inclusive space for my cast to celebrate their individuality and diversity was of utmost priority. As a Dance and Gender Studies double major, this piece is a direct challenge to the patriarchy and the oppressive male gaze. Typically, by showcasing styles that have a lack of women representation, we are further reclaiming our place in these art forms and creating an opportunity to reclaim our identities through the exploration of gender expression through movement. https://wacsmash.com/avielle daily 0.75 2022-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b6ee2520-6489-4a02-9229-c7b6711f515b/HOURS+3.PNG (H)ours - Call To Action Find local gardens or Environmental/Climate Justice organizations near you and volunteer (especially women-led ones)! Another thing we can do is of course use less single-use plastics, and order less from big companies, but while the individual actions are important, the most impactful way we can make change is as a community. If you are unable to do those action items, donate to environmental justice organizations, specifically those listed below(!), or reach out to local or state legislators/sign petitions to divest in fossil fuels, or lean more into climate friendly lawmaking. Read: On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/005638e7-3041-487e-9788-7ea44920f349/image2+%281%29.jpg (H)ours - Bio. Hi I'm Avi, from Oakland, CA, and I'm so proud and grateful to have been able to bring this piece to life. This piece is a montage of digital clips as well as different types of dance movement. It explores the crossing of intersectional feminism and environmental justice, and the different stages this carries: from defeated and angry, to hopeful and empowered. https://wacsmash.com/cristina daily 0.75 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/26b20ddd-2971-45f6-988a-95c020278abf/cristina.JPG Deeper Than Ink - Call To Action When looking for tattoos or tattoo artists today, visit the history of tattoos and tattooing prior to colonialism. Remove the criminalization and stigma of tattoos/tattooed people within the realm of "professionalism." Share and honor the richness of indigenous knowledge that ignites traditional tattooing aesthetic and motivation. Open space for conversations about gentrification, capitalism, and violence in relation to tattooed people and tattoo artists. Resources: Tamara Santibañez highlights the political potential of tattooing: https://santibaneztattoo.com Research on the tangible effects of appearance politics: Women of Colour vs Ink: Racism, Sexism and White Feminism in Modern British Tattoo Culture Violent research done to support the police in targeting tattooed people: Relationship of Tattoos to Personality Disorders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/0d09ad37-8dc5-4b5c-8a5c-aaa78c970bb3/cristina.jpg Deeper Than Ink - Bio. My name is Cristina, I am a student, artist, and canvas. As I continue to tattoo people, the permanence of tattooing history is highlighted and brought into new spaces. This piece is about the privileges of artmaking and art sharing, specifically its disparity throughout time. https://wacsmash.com/rian daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/e249b6b0-8d1e-4604-8d4d-b567df5a070f/rian.jpg Behind Closed Doors - Call To Action Be more aware of the mental health stigma against Asian American individuals. Learn more about the cultural and traditional values of Asians/Asian Americans to better understand how and why these things happen in the first place. Reach out to Asian Americans that you may know and ask them about their own personal struggles to gain more knowledge in aiding those with severe mental instability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8c215f84-76c5-4ea6-bd9f-fc89190790dd/IMG_4565.jpg Behind Closed Doors - Bio. Hiya! My name is Rian James and I am a Filipino American born and raised in Los Angeles, also known as the Tongva lands. This piece depicts an Asian American family of a mother and her 3 children, and dissects the life they live behind closed doors. The purpose of this piece is to exhibit the reality of the relationships between each character, since they often go unnoticed and unspoken about. https://wacsmash.com/cayu-mary daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/2c5edb11-c90d-4118-af4b-7a9a75de53a6/c%2Bm+Cayu+headshot.jpg Next Stop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/5ace8a85-0c52-4938-a1b2-405c59c3318f/c%2Bm+Mary+Headshot.jpg Next Stop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/129868a1-eec6-459f-89ec-2105493df1f1/c%2Bm+symbol.jpg Next Stop - Call To Action Call to Action: We hope that after watching our piece, audience members research and advocate for public transportation systems that are safe, affordable, reliable, and accessible to all. We would like viewers to research and get involved with local organizations that advocate for social well being, and aid in the upliftment of their communities. https://wacsmash.com/sophia daily 0.75 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8ad448d5-9da8-43bd-9eae-adf80d06ca61/sophia+3.PNG See You Tomorrow - Call To Action Be respectful to all creators’ art work, those work merged with their whole heart and hard work. At the same time, please cherish every one around you and you meet in your life, especially someone you love. #JustDance #LoveSick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/9645d8dc-f02c-4b01-9c75-67fdeb572a01/sophia+profile.jpg See You Tomorrow - Bio. Hello, my name is Sophia and I am from China. I am a third year dance major, and an art nerd too. This piece is about the subtle emotions and intimate relations between two girls. Despite the feelings and details displayed in the film by my dancers, I hope that you can relate it with your own experience in life. https://wacsmash.com/christopher daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/9301eb91-aa57-426c-a4ce-86f2f86a0641/chris+adjusted.jpg It Gets Better - Call To Action From Human Rights Campaign: 1. Mobilizing Equality Voters Nationwide 2. Educating the public and the community about LGBTQIA+ issues 3. Advancing pro-equality policy and litigation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/ed9df62c-2065-475a-9438-fb8394cbcc28/Hulu.jpg It Gets Better - Bio. Welcome to WACsmash 2022! My name is Christopher Aguirre and I am an artist who strives to make an impact on the world through my artistry. 'It Gets Better' is one of many journeys an LGBTQIA+ individual goes through when learning to accept and acknowledge oneself. Enter the mind of endless thoughts and the fear that comes with self-acceptance. The purpose is to instill hope, empower individuals who have gone or are going through similar experiences, and celebrate who we were born to be. It gets better! https://wacsmash.com/nina daily 0.75 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/768823d5-3be0-4969-8577-d4d11882dd7e/mirrormascara1.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b630d64e-1ee4-4b3a-b690-b26abe1100f9/00B98386-6276-480E-8EB7-0B7F998F8D2E_1_105_c.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/ee71ed0c-19f9-49a5-8727-4f9b73fdbdcd/C999625B-3D16-4ED5-B3CA-A9A955D188CD_1_105_c.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/c8839cde-cf23-4438-81ea-5bc97794ab24/schoolperformance1.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/ee90160e-3c07-4f81-9110-f880c9df9338/DSC08075.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/49b938ec-ce01-4dc8-879f-ba2b2c3af603/IMG_8086.JPG The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/3d654e6f-5ee3-4b33-8877-5204ee733c8f/replaceDSC00472.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8472258d-25a3-4894-a5be-53cdb54de556/IMG_8090.JPG The Eyes That Surround Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/4970a3dc-6972-440b-94ec-f731226fb9ee/IMG_8104.JPG The Eyes That Surround Them - Call To Action Viewers of this piece are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences as well as contribute to efforts to uplift women's voices in the media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8b1f329b-b0e4-4a9e-96bd-8316ed7c184d/DSC03714.jpg The Eyes That Surround Them - Bio. Hi! My name is Nina and I am a second year WAC major with a minor in Film, Television, and Digital Media. During a WAC class last quarter called Performance, Politics and Pedagogy, I began thinking about all the ways that the performance of femininity weaves itself into the lives of women due to the gaze of society. The intricacies of this experience are not often acknowledged, but in this piece I aim to empower those who feel as though they have been harmed by the eyes that surround them. https://wacsmash.com/travis-leo daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645945987406-W52FKXB24D41KIXX7ESA/Leo.jpg Echoes Amplified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/a7cfa6fd-06a8-4687-86be-2178044d2843/Travis+Pic.jpg Echoes Amplified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/38373373-ce2d-44f5-a297-68be62bcc0f7/travis+leo.jpg Echoes Amplified - Call To Action Acknowledge Hip Hop as a dance form originating from POC culture. Hip Hop can and should hold space in western theaters. Destigmatize Hip Hop and prevent its exploitation in existing systems of oppression. https://wacsmash.com/the-team daily 0.75 2022-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645945824581-5LFB0GA52QA8SPHK1VDR/Miel+Lei+Apostol.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Producers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645945900159-TWFJ1JN1OKSDQU2X3QDV/Lindsay%2BHeadshot.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Producers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645946022234-MHTDJRO8D0S2IBZ904R8/Leo.jpg To Whom It May Concern: Producers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1645946078102-RDF3DVO04DW8D07FADDD/ayu1_headshot2.JPG To Whom It May Concern: Producers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/0c9346b1-7589-4ab5-8d91-9473a45444f4/bernice+bio.PNG To Whom It May Concern: Producers https://wacsmash.com/toledo daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8b3e7691-ceac-4c39-a75e-21ef8e5bdb27/toledo+symbol.jpg Toledo - Call To Action I am hoping that this piece allows for the audience to take a breath and check in with their own mental health in the moment. We take for granted that we walk around in the world carrying so much and sometimes it just takes the validation of knowing you are not alone and it is ok to feel what you are feeling, pause, and take a breath. I hope this piece makes you feel seen, in all the love, hurt, sadness, incredible joy, and so much more that this world has to offer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/6179dc4a-02dd-4579-9ad4-9d8cb91cab68/toledo.jpeg Toledo - Bio. As a Brazilian American artist, raised in Los Angeles CA, Toledo is invested in the stories of the communities surrounding her. City life can be such a drain on our emotional and mental everyday life while also simultaneously filling us constantly with the joy of art and community. This piece attempts to explore the many faces of mental health and the ways that we can continue to support one another through the constantly evolving world of the inner city. This pandemic has brought with it so many social justice movements that have continued to evoke all sorts of experiences on the spectrum of mental health, and this piece is a bit of Toledo’s and the dancer’s experiences. https://wacsmash.com/reconfigured daily 0.75 2022-02-11 https://wacsmash.com/about-reconfigured daily 0.75 2022-02-12 https://wacsmash.com/2022 daily 0.75 2022-02-27 https://wacsmash.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2025-11-19 https://wacsmash.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2025-11-18 https://wacsmash.com/program daily 0.75 2023-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/2fd307a0-a518-4a30-81a0-17815aeb5632/IMG_0964.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - EPHEMERAL CROSSINGS CREATOR: Abigail Amlesom This piece is about the coexisting of healing and grief, how the two are not mutually exclusive and can happen alongside each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/4c93514d-7a49-442d-a5a6-b78ed3a9ada5/IMG_0923.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - CYCLES CREATOR: Simon Chernow This piece juxtaposes the nuances and complexities of family cycles with the functionality and mechanics of bicycles. Inspired by personal lived experiences and a love for biking, this piece uses bi(cycles) as a vessel to dive deep into family patterns that both tear down and bring together. All video was captured on 8mm film and photos were taken on 35mm film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/c93ad478-3079-4c46-b8ed-9e3c9edc978c/IMG_0921.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - ART IS ALIVE CREATOR: Kyland Talbott “Art is Alive” is the debut documentary from California-based arts company: Art Project. The mission statement of Art Project is "Producing [Art] to [Project] Creativity." Directed by Kyland Talbott, Art is Alive facilitates this mission by displaying the different creative projects of black artists at UCLA. As each artist walks through their creative processes, they give an inside look at how they approach obstacles within their creative endeavors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/990ca1fb-443d-4bb1-8fab-1e13fee4f2aa/IMG_0924.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - COMING TO TERMS CREATOR: Josephine Tassoni An interpretation of my personal transformation over quarantine, and the subsequent evolution of identity and understanding of self. Separated into three stages and expressed through color, movement, and environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8e9306bb-7d5e-4f69-bd6f-c58913132c58/IMG_0916.JPG METAMORPHOSIS: Program - CREAT(E)ION MYTH CREATOR: brianna spiker ruiz As a modge-podge of movement, meditation, music, mud, and myth, this piece explores a more expansive definition of art; one that lives and breathes and sometimes giggles or sobs its way into each moment of our lives. creat(e)ion myth asks each audience member to play with clay, to touch the earth— to dig deep inside yourself, and when you are ready, to live embodying the truths you find there. love is somewhere hidden. we’ve always loved telling stories, remember? the world is turning / hurting / waiting / for us to remember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/9cf991cc-685d-44ab-ba24-f496d5f2386e/IMG_0963.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - EXCISED CREATOR: Veniel Español Excised is an abstract take on the Rite of Passage for Filipinos. The dance work focuses on questioning the ritual of a physical detachment and a branded label that signifies one’s identity. Excised is a manifestation of emotions into movements that celebrate being joyful, sorrowful, regretful, and so much more in one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/56bcdb68-ed81-47f4-8c0e-2aae50593039/IMG_0917.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - UNVEILED CREATOR: Jaqueline Pierce This work explores the intersection of strength and fragility. Inspired by the traditional balletic imagery of sylphs, swans, ghosts and fairies, “Unveiled” highlights the power that resides behind the veils that we create for ourselves and for each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/491bea8c-3eac-4958-98ef-6e9021312856/IMG_0919.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - REMINISCENCE CREATOR: Avielle Conn Sherman I wanted to create a piece exploring home, and challenge the way the word is understood and thought about. What does home mean, beyond being just a physical place? How can it transform as we change, and how do we find old remnants and new versions of it in new people, places, and ourselves? I aimed to focus with my cast on the feeling of change, nostalgia, personal and communal growth, and what it means to find new rhythms and ideas of what ‘home’ really is through movement. This piece encapsulates different stages, starting with the “escape” and ending with the “return” to what we have known as home- finding beauty, family, and warmth in whatever we have known or built for ourselves. I personally feel such a duty to create a piece dedicated to finding this type of love and joy, as we are performing in Kaufman, a place that has become such a special version of home to me. I hope this piece can bring you a bit of that joy too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/6c881a85-d629-4b4b-bb3c-c441b1170fa2/IMG_0918.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - COUNTER CREATOR: Bailey Davies-Mahaffey & Rachael Odebunmi This piece explores the emergence of countercultures in the 60s and 70s. A decade of suppression born from the need for postwar normalcy resulted in the most revolutionary period of the 20th century. How do we understand this historical time of resistance and change and how does it impact our perspectives today? The makeup of our mainstream culture is constantly volatile. What is ordinary when ordinary is always changing? How do we conform to something becoming increasingly impossible to define? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/0829cee1-4b82-412d-8828-1e89f87c67dd/Screen+Shot+2022-12-24+at+2.49.02+PM.png METAMORPHOSIS: Program - THE RHYTHM PROJECT CREATOR: Lilah Horton In Tap culture, we study our mentors and the pioneers before them, bury ourselves in historic footage, and train ourselves to feel music more than we can hear it. With modern academic standards, Tap has slowly been separated from these practices. My desire with this piece is to present the beginnings of Tap’s growth in interdisciplinary collaboration as my vision for experimental evolution. Keeping the authenticity and essence of Tap, Hip Hop, and Modern while marrying their similarities has provided a rich collaboration that my cast-mates and I have experienced together. I hope to share this experience with more people and bring attention to the undying life within Tap’s growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b13ffe6e-12e7-451c-8773-3673983c6b00/IMG_0920.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - AZADI CREATOR: Sophie Fouladi Zan, Zendegi, Azadi - a protest chant that has become the anthem for revolution from the Iranian people. Transformation can come in many forms: good, evil, or anything in between and as us Iranians globally have seen our homeland descend into dystopia for over 40 years, what we look to now is a new beginning of our country. The creation of a place we can call our own; a place where we are free to be who we were always meant to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1d0d431f-3da0-44a6-9a46-ff065f0d0442/IMG_0913.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - AN INNOCENT STARE INTO A BIG LITTLE HOUSE CREATOR: Gina Basile, Belén Moreno, May Yates This piece is an imagining of what the underbelly of capitalism looks like — a self-feeding system that plays on control, egocentrism, and a docile body. How does the human body exist in, sustain, and resist a brutal governing system? And when, if ever, that system is stripped from the body, what will remain? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/06262972-93ed-4be1-b9d8-c4740643dc80/IMG_0926.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - EL REY CREATOR: Jovahna Solalindez Rivas As young adults navigating the transition from childhood to adulthood, we are faced with social issues and pressures that are difficult to conquer on our own. Through the street dance community and culture itself, we learn to deconstruct and break down these elements. We learn that we make the environment that we grow in. We learn that we are a part of something bigger. We are a part of this culture and its growth. As we continuously evolve, the culture will continue its evolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/e92ea71a-9478-403b-8aeb-a9c57ba412d7/IMG_0912.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - THE DARK PASSENGER CREATOR: Ali Wood The Dark Passenger explores the relationship between the self and the mental demons that overwhelm the mind to the point of self destruction. It shows how the self battles and ultimately overcomes the barriers that anxieties, self doubt, and depression create. This piece utilizes the mediums of film and live choreography to view both the outer and inner self as they endure the battle within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/54b571c7-1143-474e-8612-32ca8d941899/IMG_0914.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - THAT I CAN’T QUITE PART CREATOR: Emma-Rose Allen This work looks at three areas of change in Borderline Personality Disorder. Extreme swings in emotion, unstable sense of self, and instability in relationships all encapsulate the sense that people with BPD can be one person one moment, and a completely different person the next. This piece aims to advocate for dancers struggling with mental health because it takes such an enormous toll on the way we take class, perform, and even interact with our community. I hope that sharing this experience can create a necessary conversation about the struggle, to seek meaningful connection, and to argue that people living with BPD can experience joyous and special lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/d7a8ead1-652e-4f06-9cbe-203a20263a8a/IMG_0962.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - OUROBOROS CREATOR: Travis Lim As young artists try to navigate their individual journeys, they are met with forces of change that either corrupt or empower them. This piece will explore these factors that influence dancers to move, look, or act a certain way, and how this cycle of control is passed on. When everyone is telling us where to go, which way to move, and what to do, how do we find our own path? Within all of these influences, how does a dancer stay true to their morals, their journey, and themselves? Can we truly resist temptation as it disguises itself as gratification, or do we all inevitably become a product of others' voices? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/95a16f64-ea5a-4de4-af2f-1a1861eefbae/IMG_0925.jpg METAMORPHOSIS: Program - GROWING OLD CREATORS: Jessica Warshal Growing up, my mother always told me how proud she was of her age and her gray hairs, as they are a sign of the life she has been lucky to live."Growing Old" is about embracing the beauty and pain of going through life and charging fearlessly into the great, expansive unknown future. https://wacsmash.com/jackie daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/6f36cf70-5807-44c6-8220-7fc834c4ca3c/DSC07017.jpg Jaqueline Pierce - INSPIRATION Intersections and motifs of strength and fragility in ballet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/19ae7830-1a92-4e0c-936a-200490b8766d/Screen+Shot+2023-01-04+at+1.16.35+PM.png Jaqueline Pierce - Bio. Jaqueline (Jackie) Pierce is a dancer and choreographer from Orange County, CA. Before coming to UCLA, she trained extensively in ballet, modern, and other concert dance forms first at Maple Conservatory of Dance, then at The Ailey School in New York. Her training was supplemented by time spent at Cincinnati Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, the National Choreography Intensive, and Regional Dance America festivals. Her choreography was presented at the first ever Ballet Alliance Festival in Spokane, Washington. https://wacsmash.com/brianna daily 0.75 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/720f311a-f9de-4788-8fcf-05a815c37b9f/DSC06809.jpg brianna spiker ruiz - INSPIRATION Emphasizing the intertwining of human history to the history of clay, suggesting that clay is intrinsically linked to life, communication, & aesthetics - throughout, “clay” is used as a symbol for art to advocate for various arts practices at large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/a8b5aa02-65db-4d4c-bd31-7007344cf327/image.jpeg brianna spiker ruiz - Bio. brianna spiker ruiz (she/they) is a budding poet and educator who believes in a multi-generational, accessible arts education that spans finances, time and space. first she is a human that thinks and feels and second she is a "fourth year World Arts and Cultures major and Visual and Performing Arts Education minor.” her areas of interest meet at the intersections of arts literacy, radical kindness, and intersectional feminism. she believes hate has roots in ignorance and that if we as a society had a greater arts literacy we would be able to communicate with a force that fundamentally opposes hate. she spends a lot of time either riding the bus or writing in her (many) notebooks. https://wacsmash.com/veniel daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/d0cdfc5a-ba55-42db-bb10-9a8a7870355a/DSC06921.jpg Veniel Español - INSPIRATION Pondering the implications of a physical change on one’s sense of self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b78cc474-a932-47e5-b835-3299505ea5f2/image-2.jpeg Veniel Español - Bio. Born and raised in the countryside of the Philippines, Veniel Ebilane Español, began wiggling in his living room and backyard. Though he did not officially start learning much of dance until the age of 19 in his late last semester senior year of high school from a free program. He was fortunate enough to access such programs from Culture Shock Los Angeles through SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans) and learned the basic fundamentals and elements of Hip Hop. He later trained and focused on learning house dance with Ray Basa, who was trained under Versa Style Dance Company. He continues in exploring various dance forms and styles. https://wacsmash.com/emma-rose daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/cfa6a2c8-21f4-4c43-9aab-9472cadfb1fd/DSC08155.jpg Emma-Rose Allen - INSPIRATION This work looks at three areas of change in Borderline Personality Disorder. Extreme changes in emotion, unstable sense of self, and instability in relationships all encapsulate the sense that people with BPD can be one person one moment, and a completely different person the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/7ec334f2-1575-47b8-a3cc-81cdd41d3fac/image-6.jpeg Emma-Rose Allen - Bio. Emma-Rose Allen, a senior in the dance major at UCLA, is honored to have her work shared on the Kaufman stage. She has worked on numerous dance and theatre projects throughout Ventura and Los Angeles counties, including acting in music videos, producing her first full-length dance concert in October 2018, and choreographing plays and musicals for companies like Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, Ojai Arts Center, and Santa Paula Theater Center. Recently, she used her movement training to film a “POV” commercial as an in-motion camera operator! Other professional opportunities include dancing with two companies, Movement Theatre CoLab and Megill and Company. Emma-Rose is passionate about advocating for mental health, and aims to make work that creates an opening to talk about such issues. She is infinitely grateful both for the support from peers and mentors and for YOU for coming to Wacsmash 2023! https://wacsmash.com/jovahna daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/25f911e8-14eb-4457-9fdc-cf8b0cf0b932/DSC07843.jpg Jovahna Solalindez Rivas - INSPIRATION The evolution of the street dance community and culture can help us come to terms with our own personal transformations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/01853790-2389-46bf-b6b4-8a14a03f519d/_DSC3482.jpg Jovahna Solalindez Rivas - Bio. Jovahna Solalindez Rivas was born and raised in LA. She is currently a third year dance major here at UCLA. She has been training in street styles such as Hip Hop, House, Popping, and Locking. She is currently a member of Versa Style Next Generation and is looking forward to sharing her work at Kaufman. She is excited for the opportunity to create and share this piece along with other creatives for this year’s Wacsmash :) https://wacsmash.com/bailey-rachael daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/f980168a-fff6-4513-a2b0-d5100c94a613/DSC07312.jpg Bailey + Rachael - SOURCES AND INSPIRATION “The Counterculture Generation: Idolized, Appropriated, and Misunderstood” by Rina R. Bousalis Moonage Daydream (2022) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/e901960b-47b5-41c3-87f4-45885ba634b1/image+%281%29.jpeg Bailey + Rachael - Bio. Rachael Odebunmi and Bailey Davies-Mahaffey are 3rd and 4th year dance majors. Being duo partners in a MFA show last year allowed them to develop a partnership in dancing and choreographing together. With a mutual admiration for the way one another moves, they have discovered a very collaborative creation process that they are excited to continue exploring. Their piece will focus on countercultures in post war America. We are so excited to be creators this year and bring countercultures into the dance/performance space! https://wacsmash.com/travis daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/8a343a53-7bbb-42db-a386-15f646f79a6a/DSC08365.jpg Travis Lim - INSPIRATION How can an artist know if their voice is truly their own? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b60a96f6-a51f-4885-acc7-7f1cfff6b88b/image-7.jpeg Travis Lim - Bio. Starting his journey in 2007, Travis Lim started his training in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada. Travis began his journey as a competitive dancer and over the years won many international competitions. His travels around the world would expose him to the various street styles at a young age and instill in him a passion for Hip Hop. Travis continued his training in street styles and through this lens became a choreographer for competitive and performance teams in Canada. Since then, Travis’ training in Hip Hop freestyle and choreography has allowed him to blend both styles into his work as he continues to hone in on his unique choreographic approach. As a student and practitioner of Hip Hop, Travis is continuing his journey as an educator to share the knowledge of his mentors with the next generation of dancers. Now attending UCLA, Travis hopes to use Hip Hop as an outlet for creativity and change, as he continues his journey as a choreographer. https://wacsmash.com/ali daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b88c0bfd-8184-4c5c-bb4e-e09bba499964/DSC07970.jpg Ali Wood - INSPIRATION Spiritual resilience and fortitude in the face of the cyclical nature of mental health issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/238357dd-a8b7-4393-af8c-ce20eb4eeab5/image-5.jpg Ali Wood - Bio. Ali Wood (she/her/hers) is a Senior double majoring in World Arts and Culture: Dance as well as Political Science here at UCLA. A Los Angeles native with an international upbringing in both Japan and Australia, Ali Wood has had experiences training with talent from all over the world. Her primary training was at the award winning Marat Daukayev School of Ballet in Los Angeles where she studied Vaganova style Russian Ballet for over 18 years. The school also allowed her to find mentors outside the world of Ballet who danced in celebrated companies such as the Nederland Dans Theater, Bodytraffic, and the Batsheva Company. In addition to training in Ballet, Ali Wood has modeled for dance companies such as Bloch and her dancing has been featured in music videos, movies, and television shows such as Bunheads and Agent X. Her choreography has been featured in commercials for VR campaigns and fashion campaigns as of this year. https://wacsmash.com/lilah-horton daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/5b45573c-d765-49bb-b420-0b7b2b1028da/DSC07534.jpg Lilah Horton - INSPIRATION I have been inspired by the existence of growth between two periodically different realities — honoring the traditional while feeding experimental ambitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/74abf768-e559-4154-ba33-14c297fb843e/image-4.jpeg Lilah Horton - Bio. Lilah Horton is a southern California native, born and raised in San Diego and currently studying in Los Angeles at UCLA. Her dance training emphasizes versatility and her passion lies in finding collaboration between genres of dance as well as various mediums of art. Her first love in dance was Tap and she continues to practice in hoofing and classical tap alongside her other forms including Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, and Street Dance with a focus in House and Hip Hop. Lilah’s dedication to all forms of dance have gotten her other performance opportunities like dancing at the Emmys Governorn’s Ball, the Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall, performing on TV show World of Dance, and representing southern california as the 2020 Orange County Register Artist of the Year. Lilah plans to continue her training in both street and concert movement forms, and is interested in her future contributions to represent the individuality of each art form she practices and how they can find empowerment synergistically. https://wacsmash.com/gbm daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b6c2bfac-45c4-479a-87a3-0b8d3eb80213/DSC07628.jpg Gina, Belén, May - INSPIRATION What does capitalism do to us and our humanity, and what is left when it is removed? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/a7c9ab8d-b78c-4159-a3ba-f3dcf39fa8d3/Screen+Shot+2023-01-06+at+12.46.11+PM.png Gina, Belén, May - Bio. GINA Kona born and Los Angeles raised, Gina Basile (she/her) is a senior Dance major and Education minor at UCLA. She strives to apply her passion for equitable education into action, specifically with the goal to deconstruct the colonial practices of the U.S. education system. She hopes to combine her love of both dancing and educating to serve under-resourced schools across the U.S. as a creative instructor with the vision of developing interested and awesome young minds. BELÉN Belén (she/her) is a 1st generation, 4th year double major in Dance and Sociology. Born in LA, she discovered dance when she was in elementary school, and since then, has become wholeheartedly invested in her practice. Belén has aspirations to create performance work that rigorously questions the frightening currents of society and aims to stir the audience’s awareness. MAY May (she/her) is a senior Dance and Psychology double major. She was born in Los Angeles a couple decades ago and has been here ever since. Her first formal introduction to dance was in 6th grade, when she began her education at a local performing arts charter. It was there that May first came into contact with the idea that movement could be an alternative channel through which to communicate with and understand the world around her. Since then, she has leaned into the post-modern and Gaga influences from her schooling, with an intent to create work that not only disrupts and reframes dance performance, but also honors the joy of movement exploration and open inquiry! https://wacsmash.com/avi daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/c2627b5c-5c18-4c27-a1ae-5ab79664784c/DSC07195.jpg Avielle Sherman - INSPIRATION This piece is exploring what a sense of "home" means, while at the same time being in a state of heavy nostalgia, and feeling the weight of the past carry into the present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/160af49f-bc65-4847-9f94-beb883314c47/Screen+Shot+2023-01-04+at+1.22.36+PM.png Avielle Sherman - Bio. Avielle Conn Sherman is a dancer and mixed media artist from Oakland, CA. She is currently studying both World Arts and Cultures and Education Studies at UCLA and hopes to enter into a career involving arts education. Her dance training has focused on Hip-Hop, House, Mohiniyattam, Afro-Haitian, as well as contemporary dance. In her projects she is interested in emphasizing feminism, mental health, and how our relationship with the natural world affects our view of ourselves. https://wacsmash.com/jessica daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/1646f64c-987d-41cb-923a-1e2f15542cba/DSC08492.jpg Jessica Warshal - INSPIRATION During my creation of this work, I made a poem about how I wanted to approach this piece. Here is that poem: art is the delicate ripping of the ribs to feel the skin stretch and pull to expose the beating heart and the fragility of the soul i open to you i am lost in you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/927e1def-34c8-4479-bbb8-8b52015c0912/D5A889D5-34F7-4A6B-83AC-FCACB296F6EC_09A7624-sized+for+LA+Casting.jpeg Jessica Warshal - Bio. Jessica Warshal is a senior Dance major at UCLA and is excited to return as a choreographer to WACsmash, following her 2021 virtual piece, “0:00.” She is a professional dancer, and has performed in music videos, award shows, and parades throughout Los Angeles county. Warshal is a creative director and choreographer, and has worked on many pieces during her time at UCLA, including the debut of her interdisciplinary arts gallery work, “S I G H T / S E E,” and winning Best Overall Act at UCLA Spring Sing 2022 with her group, Outspoken. She is deeply passionate about uplifting the voices of artists and focuses her creative process around highlighting the individuality of performers around her. https://wacsmash.com/josephine daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/ab2da785-5c11-4843-a565-872c1a596ed1/2.png Josephine Tassoni - INSPIRATION Visual interpretations of self-transformation and change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/32434c3e-a92e-4086-811c-5079ff305d1e/2890C1A1-1D41-45DA-986A-7DA91667F9BF.jpg Josephine Tassoni - Bio. Josephine Tassoni is a junior in the World Arts and Cultures major and can’t wait for her first WACSmash as a visual artist. She has been a part of art shows and has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator in the past, and enjoys freelance and independent work in her free time. While acrylic and watercolor painting are her favorites, she enjoys using a variety of different mediums to create her work. When Josephine isn’t creating art, she is passionate about journalism and creative writing. Currently, she interns at LA Magazine and is interested in using her passions for art and writing to advocate for, create knowledge, and explore the human experience and contemporary social issues. https://wacsmash.com/watch daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://wacsmash.com/simon daily 0.75 2023-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/60fd1f7a-c9a5-4f76-a555-05448444b388/1.png Simon Chernow - INSPIRATION So much of our identities can be traced back to our environment and ancestry. I have witnessed first hand how hard it can be to break from the cycles that run through our families and how easy it is to repeat them. This piece juxtaposes the nuances, challenges, and complexities of family cycles with the functionality and mechanics of a bicycle by using it as a vessel to think about how identities, traditions, and trauma travel through us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/e41adddd-ec82-40da-86e6-e9005fb2eccf/000437250029.jpg Simon Chernow - Bio. Simon Chernow is a Jewish American artist that uses different mediums of art such as dance, music, and photography to tell stories. Born and raised in Boston, MA, his identity has been heavily influenced by the environment and culture that he grew up in. Simon strives to create outside of the binary and believes that it is necessary to connect everything that he makes to the societal context that surrounds us. https://wacsmash.com/delina daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/772577a2-aa4f-4bfd-9395-d4243cd3a98a/FullSizeRender+4.jpg Delina Amelsom - INSPIRATION The intertwining of seemingly oppositional emotions and states of being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/a943cc85-4270-4853-94a3-10b0e08e1787/image.jpg Delina Amelsom - Bio. Abigail has been painting for a bit but this year she started sharing it with the world more. She paints to understand what she is feeling and process her surroundings. She is learning to intersect gender studies, things she loves, and mundane activities and pour them out on canvases. She is very excited to be a part of something rooted in expression and community - that's always a dream. https://wacsmash.com/kyland daily 0.75 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/083f7db0-403b-4690-b133-479781c952d6/Screen+Shot+2023-02-18+at+3.28.51+PM.png Kyland Talbott - ART PROJECT For more information about Art is Alive, visit Art Project's official Instagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/d2952f7c-8a48-46a2-88ea-c11056c19b1e/Screen+Shot+2023-01-08+at+6.23.33+PM.png Kyland Talbott - Bio. Kyland is a photographer and multidisciplinary artist from Westchester, California. He began his journey in High School, recording special moments with his friends on his iPhone. Eventually, this developed into a passion for producing documentative content: behind-the-scenes videos, interviews, and everything in between. Through his work, he seeks to inform and inspire other creatives by documenting the creative processes of other multidisciplinary artists. Thus, the project he will soon debut at WACsmash, features different UCLA artists across many mediums as they walk through the process of a significant project of theirs. This project, titled Art is Alive, is a culmination of his work as an artist and something he has been eager to create since he was 15. Now at 19, he is very excited to execute this vision and share these special moments on a bigger scale. https://wacsmash.com/kimia daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/cc4b8500-9805-424d-bdc9-c9db85ba8a4b/FullSizeRender+10.jpg Kimia Nuban - INSPIRATION The Greek mythology of Penthos and the Algea, and the existence of many stages of an emotional process at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/37fa2146-b6fc-47d9-a4c8-18659078c372/Screen+Shot+2023-01-08+at+6.17.23+PM.jpg Kimia Nuban - Bio. Kimia Nuban is a freshman at UCLA in the World Arts and Culture major. She is from Thousand Oaks, California and has been an artist for eight years, with a focus on painting. She has been entering art competitions since she was 15, and her piece for this year revolves around grief and her belief that it is a fluid progression rather than linear. She is so excited to be able to work with WACSmash this year, and she can’t wait to exhibit her piece amongst fellow talented artists! https://wacsmash.com/sophie daily 0.75 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/7aa97e2e-82b9-4563-9708-e0de13e4af04/FullSizeRender+6.jpg Sophie Fouladi - OPERATION FREE IRAN Help support the Iranian people in their fight for freedom against tyranny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd3fd8c605f16050e9299cf/b7b34609-c584-4270-907b-5c2f9b59b8c4/_KSC9544.jpg Sophie Fouladi - Bio. Sophie Fouladi is a dance and mixed media artist who strives to create works that reflect the human experience as it relates to topics in culture, society, and psychology. She grew up training in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and commercial dance as well as other artistic mediums such as music, film and photography, creative writing, and painting. 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