Science & the
Arts Series

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Summer 2003 Showcase Event

Science as Performance

Showcase Event, Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Science as Performance
Showcase Event
Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 5:00-6:30pm
Elebash Recital Hall
Free

The performing arts can bring science to a wide audience. This event showcases outstanding examples of entertainment that also informs.

This event will feature:

• Excerpts from Einstein’s Dreams, an enchanting new musical inspired by the best-selling 1993 novel of the same title by Alan Lightman. The work explores the concept of time as expressed in the fictional dreams of young Albert Einstein. Book by Joanne Sydney Lessner with music by Joshua Rosenblum.

• Science and Dance: The Physics of Ballet.  Much of science is invisible, mathematical, and abstract, but a dancer's movements bring to life concepts of physics that are easily understood and deepen one's appreciation of the art form. Presenters: Kenneth Laws, Professor of Physics (and ballet instructor), Dickinson College, plus Sara Michelle Murawski, a young ballerina.

• Excerpts from the new play Thread of Life about the role of the scientist Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Written by Rita Nachtmann. Performed by Break A Leg Productions. Courtesy of the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Project

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