Notes from a presentation by physics professor George Gollin on the physical laws which every ballet dancer must eventually master, whether explicitly aware of them or not.

It must be noted that professor Kenneth Laws has written three books on the physics of dance and just had an interesting interview with Studio 360 on the subject.

Very interesting. This may sound strange, but I often imagine the natural world in this manner. When I see a bird in flight, I'm awed by the forces acting upon it that enable it to fly at all. Air density, wind movement, speed. All interacting to produce this phenomena of flight. The same with the river it flies over. I've fantasized about being able to superimpose "data" over natural scenes to be able to see the forces at work. Little arrows perhaps, showing current flow, temperature differences, etc. It's such a fascinating world!

I do the exact same thing in my mind, AltLiberal.

Oh, oh. Now I am scared.