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MoveSpeakSpin: Nevertheless She Persisted: The Daughters of Hypatia, A Mathematical Herstory

April 22, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

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$16 – $20

Brunette dancer is wearing dark brown pants and red tank top, cube has one blue and one yellow side, and dancer's right hand is inserted inside hole in box.

This six-woman dance concert highlights great women mathematicians throughout history, with exciting dance, theatricality, and humor. Beginning with the ancient scholar Hypatia, the concert celebrates their lives and struggles to create groundbreaking mathematics. The dancers recount intriguing stories from the women’s lives and weave beautiful patterns suggestive of their mathematical work. Included are playful dances with oversize hoops, a rhythm dance using plastic water bottles, a trio for six hands, and a kaleidoscopic video dance. A new dance section salutes the groups of women who did important mathematical work at the dawn of the computer, code-breaking, and space age.

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Date:
April 22, 2023
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Series:
Cost:
$16 – $20
Website:
https://tinyurl.com/Hypatia2023

Venue

Scotts Valley Cultural and Performing Arts Center Theater
251 Kings Village Rd
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066 United States
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Phone
18314805114
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