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Representations of the Braid Groups
Representations of the Braid Groups
Winner of 2017 Dance Your PhD
Winner of 2017 Dance Your PhD
Nancy Scherich is a mathematician and a dancer and she has found a way to integrate the two seemingly disparate fields. Enjoy her award winning video and then visit her web page to learn more about math, dance, and her.
ABSTRACT
In 2016, professors representing Biology, Dance, Music, and Theatre and dance program students created Dunes, a performance piece that depicts the ecological succession of Michigan's sand dunes. The process used to make this work is a direct representation of the steps that Team Hyena Puppet, a collective of teaching artists and scientists, takes in their science-based art collaborations, which are used to reflect on and depict scientific research and simultaneously teach student participants and audience members science through the performing arts.
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