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Gallery: Dance Marathon 2019

By MacKenzie Coffman, Ashley Kenney, Anirudh Keni, Tanmay Shankar, Daanish Bhatti, Alice Naland, Kanishka Mehra

April 7, 2019 8:17 p.m.

Awaken A Cappella group sang the national anthem and a Stevie Wonder mashup at the start of Dance Marathon.

(Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)

UCLA Taara performs Indian-Western fusion dance to entertain and rile up the audience.

(Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)

A group of students takes a break from dancing by playing giant Connect 4 outside the dance floor.

(Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)

Taste the Rainbow, a UCLA-based LGBTQ dance team, performed a fast-paced urban number at the 2019 Dance Marathon.

(Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)

Dontá Morrison speaks to the crowd about his experience with HIV, reiterating the importance of staying informed about sexual health and challenging the current generation of college students to be the last at-risk group.

(Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)

Third-year theater student and drag queen Lorelei, who performs in venues around Los Angeles, incorporated a skit about pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly known as PReP which is a preventative medication meant for people who are at high risk of getting HIV, into her dance routine.

(Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)

Singer DaniLeigh headlined at Dance Marathon where she performed her unreleased track, ''Pleasure.''

(Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)

Morale Committees perform a synchronized dance routine every hour to keep the energy high.

(Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)

LostBoyCrow jams onstage as dancers groove into the 13th hour.

(Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

Dancers hold up glow sticks to acknowledge HIV/AIDS misconceptions and stigmas during a Sunday morning vigil about the global pandemic.

(Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)

Sophomore dance student Bella Stenvall stretches just after 3 a.m.

(Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)

Molly Sazer-Hopf from Berkeley-based musical act Molly with Charles looks at the crowd during their 5 a.m. performance.

(Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)

Team Purple participates in a color wars competition to unknot 10 teammates without unlinking hands.

(Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)

Students celebrate participating in their fourth consecutive Dance Marathon.

(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)

Those who have participated in Dance Marathon in all four years at UCLA will have accumulated 100 hours of dancing by 9 a.m. on the second day.

(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)

Workers for the Pediatric AIDS Coalition take breaks from their other duties to dance among the rest of the students.

(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)

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MacKenzie Coffman | Video Producer
Coffman is the 2019-2020 Video producer and former Assistant Photo editor. She is a fourth-year psychology student with a film minor.
Coffman is the 2019-2020 Video producer and former Assistant Photo editor. She is a fourth-year psychology student with a film minor.
Ashley Kenney | Photo editor
Kenney was the 2021-2022 Photo editor for the Daily Bruin. She previously served as an assistant Photo editor on the arts and entertainment beat and is an Arts contributor. Kenney studied human biology and society with a minor in food studies.
Kenney was the 2021-2022 Photo editor for the Daily Bruin. She previously served as an assistant Photo editor on the arts and entertainment beat and is an Arts contributor. Kenney studied human biology and society with a minor in food studies.
Tanmay Shankar | Senior staff photographer
Tanmay is a senior staff photographer and member of the editorial board. He was previously an assistant Photo editor covering the sports beat.
Tanmay is a senior staff photographer and member of the editorial board. He was previously an assistant Photo editor covering the sports beat.
Daanish Bhatti | Assistant Photo editor
Bhatti is currently an Assistant Photo editor. He covers the sports beat. He's also a third-year International Development Studies student from Erie, Pennsylvania.
Bhatti is currently an Assistant Photo editor. He covers the sports beat. He's also a third-year International Development Studies student from Erie, Pennsylvania.
Kanishka Mehra | Senior Staff
Mehra is a senior staffer and was previously the 2020-21 Photo Editor for the Daily Bruin. Before that, she was an Assistant Photo editor on the Arts & Entertainment beat. She is pursuing a B.A. in psychology with minors in anthropology & labor and workplace studies, and she also contributes to News, Arts and The Quad.
Mehra is a senior staffer and was previously the 2020-21 Photo Editor for the Daily Bruin. Before that, she was an Assistant Photo editor on the Arts & Entertainment beat. She is pursuing a B.A. in psychology with minors in anthropology & labor and workplace studies, and she also contributes to News, Arts and The Quad.
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