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Dance in Flight Explores a Journey of Imagination

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Photos by Kaelin Mendez Pepperdine’s Dance in Flight plans to bring imagination to center-stage this week as the company showcases meaning through dance for the University and Malibu community. DIF is an annual dance performance put on by a company of Pepperdine student dancers and choreographers every spring semester. The performances focus on a current and relevant … [Read more...] about Dance in Flight Explores a Journey of Imagination

Ezralow Dance Explores Artistic Innovation in Smothers

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Photos by Kaelin MendezThe Malibu community, including Pepperdine students, faculty and staff, came together at Smothers Theatre Wednesday, Jan. 6 from 8 to 10 p.m. to watch "Open," a dance ensemble by Ezralow Dance. Dancers were accompanied by a digitized stage and black panels to complement the dance.Ezralow Dance is a movement-based ensemble known internationally for … [Read more...] about Ezralow Dance Explores Artistic Innovation in Smothers

Sweet Symphony: Pepperdine and Westlake High School Orchestras Fill Smothers with Sound

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Photos by Sherry YangGreat waves of sounds and harmonies filled Smothers Theatre on Thurs. Oct. 19, when the Pepperdine Orchestra performed with the Westlake High School Chamber Orchestra and internationally renowned pianist Rufus Choi. Under the direction of conductor Tony Cason, they performed pieces from Wolfgang A. Mozart, Ludwig von Beethoven and the lesser known Jean … [Read more...] about Sweet Symphony: Pepperdine and Westlake High School Orchestras Fill Smothers with Sound

‘The Interference’ Made U.S. Debut

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Photos Courtesy of Brit RiveraLynda Radley's "The Interference" came to Smothers Theatre last week in its first U.S. performance. The play originally debuted in the summer of 2016 in Scotland, where it won the Scotsman Fringe First award and a Broadway Baby Bobby award.The story surrounds the character of Karen Henshaw, a young woman in college seeking justice after she was … [Read more...] about ‘The Interference’ Made U.S. Debut

All Aboard Songfest 2017

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Photos by Brett BeanThe spotlight glimmers down on eagerly singing faces. The live orchestra pit echoes throughout Smothers Theatre while a vibrant spectrum of set lights dazzle across the illuminated stage. As each musical number ends, the audience's applause breaks through the short-lived silence.This year Smothers Theatre hosts Songfest in its transportation-themed show "All … [Read more...] about All Aboard Songfest 2017