performing arts

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Dean Michael Beckerman discusses sonic representations of Jewishness on and off screen.

Throughout May, organizations across campus will host cultural programing for the public.

Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultures through a diverse event lineup.

Free to the public, the 22nd biennial festival celebrates the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest preservation and restoration work.

The UCLA scholars are engaged in transformative work in areas ranging from law and chemistry to theater, musical composition and medieval studies.

Currently the interim dean, Popkin has provided UCLA Arts with steady leadership during a challenging time. He will begin his permanent tenure May 1.

Theater-maker and UCLA professor Marike Splint often begins her work not with a script, but with a place.

UCLA ethnomusicologist Cheryl Keyes talks about the importance of the Delta blues in the horror film, which has been nominated for 16 Oscars.

The Afrofuturism and horror film expert discusses the groundbreaking film’s sweeping take on race, memory and modern America.

The latest grants support creative research spanning migration histories, digital performance, environmental justice and community storytelling.

Emmy-nominated producer Shamell Bell has used dance to bridge performance, healing and political practice.

Events honoring Black communities, resilience and creativity are taking place during the observance month on and around campus.

UCLA alumna Joanna Love examines how halftime performances reflect changing ideas of America.

These faculty members and alumni of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music have been nominated for the 2026 music awards.

A former student-athlete and coach, Layne was a lifelong fan of multiple Bruin sports and a UCLA donor across six decades.

Members of the Bruin community came together on Jan. 7 for a moving ceremony of remembrance, music and acts of healing.

Learn more about the legendary actor, director and political activist's decades-long connection to and support for the university.

Dozens of screenings of restorations, premieres, and film and TV treasures are free to the public from Jan. 16–March 22.

Not many groups stick together this long, but this band of Bruin grads is committed to boosting spirits for the long haul.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music event will run from Oct. 16–19 in the Schoenberg Music Building.

University of California alums — including five Bruins — have left indelible marks on the show and the legacy of American humor.

She asked the community to embrace the notion that their voices, when raised together, can tell a powerful story of innovation and inclusion.

The scholarship aims to support high-potential students studying in the school’s music industry program.

Sydney Richardson and Jorge Parra Jr. turn personal histories into powerful, creative statements.

Six of UCLA’s leading scholars and artists from across disciplines showcased the incredible depth, breadth and impact of Bruin scholarship and innovation.