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January 30th, 2010: "The Mathematics of Dance: Understanding symmetry, permutation, and chaos with dance", featuring Dr. M Shel Swenson.These are the youtube clips that Dr. Swenson used in her talk (times for the interesting segments are listed):Mirror (reflectional symmetry): (start to 1:35) Irish Dancing (translational symmetry):(1:10-2:30ish) Busby Berkeley waterfall (rotational symmetry):(5:10-7ish) Frog lake: (all) Contortionists (potato salad gals):(0:55 - end) Square Dancing (permutations):(1:35 - 2:30ish) Permutation:(0:00 - 1:13) |