Dancing Deformations

Year: 2014 Authors: Karl Schaffer

Core claim

Dance sequences can morph between symmetry types in ways analogous to tilings, suggesting mathematically rich and potentially performable symmetry deformations.

Topics

dance symmetry, parquet deformations, Klein four group, wallpaper groups, frieze symmetries

Domains

group theory, symmetry groups, frieze groups, wallpaper groups, isometries, choreography, performance art, folk dance

Methods

comparative analogy, symmetry classification, choreographic examples, kinesthetic group activities

Media

dance performance, tiling images, body movement, figures

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