[bioundgrd] Fwd: Science Through Dance, April 1 @ 7:30 pm

[Janice Chang]

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From: David Rolnick <drolnick at mit.edu<mailto:drolnick at mit.edu>>
Subject: Science Through Dance, April 1 @ 7:30 pm

Communicating Science @ MIT presents:

Science Through Dance
- - Discussion + dinner with dancers and teachers - -

Have you ever tried to dance like a nuclear reactor?

We will discuss the idea of learning by moving, how dance is successfully used to illustrate concepts in science, mathematics, and engineering that may be hard to put into words, and the tensions inherent in developing both interesting and scientifically accurate choreography.

Wednesday, April 1
7:30-8:30 pm
Open to the public
Dinner (MIT-only) served at 7 pm
RSVP at signup.mit.edu/sciencedance<http://signup.mit.edu/sciencedance>

Panelists:

Emily Benz, president of SHINE Boston, a not-for-profit organization that teaches math and dance to middle school girls
Mariah Steele, artistic director of Quicksilver Dance and co-teacher of 12.097: Science, Dance and The Creative Process
Hans Rinderknecht, MIT postdoctoral fellow in Plasma Science and Fusion, and winner of the international Dance Your PhD prize in Physics
Courtney Peix, artistic director of Contrapose Dance, and choreographer of dances about oceanography at WHOI / MIT


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David Rolnick
Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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