Tag: Savannah Peykani

For most people who grew up in smaller towns — whether they be suburban or rural — those towns were there in order for...

The drummer counts us off. On four, we hear the bouncing beat of the stand-up bass followed by the swelling croon of two saxophones,...

By Savannah Peykani By now I’m sure you’ve heard of Mariah Carey’s fiasco of a performance on New Year’s Eve. Due to some mysterious technological...

By Savannah Peykani Tuesday night, November 8. An election night that, for many of us, brought despair, dread and utter shock. People glued to their...

By Savannah Peykani At the end of summer, FX introduced a bizarre series premiere that started with a parking lot shooting and ended with a...

By Savannah Peykani A typical dance show will feature a group of people, usually called a company, performing various pieces of choreography with different songs...

Since coming to UCI, you’ve probably participated in — or at least overheard — a conversation that complained about UCI’s architecture. Or… maybe that’s...

 "Smoke Front" By Savannah Peykani Responsibility. Heroes. Morals versus rules. Bureaucracy. Confusion. Desperation. Siblings. Chaos. Fuck the man! Distance versus closeness. Passive aggressiveness. Safety. Fire. Decisions....

A gunshot ignites the movement on stage, as sixteen young dancers erupt from their huddle and begin to slink, crawl and leap across the...

My life can be divided up into Kanye West chapters. 2005 meant watching music videos on VH1 and seeing the now-iconic “Gold Digger” video...

Costumes, trick-or-treating, haunted houses and… moshing? This may not be the most traditional addition to Halloween festivities, but for my friend Lauren and I,...