Joy

The title says everything you need to know about the story of this one man’s life, faith and his “voices of rhythm”. Beautiful.

Just another day at the office #321

There was no doubt that as he got older (& put on a few pounds, he had to admit) Carlos was grateful for the job in the traffic police. But his time as a salsa dancer in the cabaret at the Copacabana would say with him forever.... — There was no doubt that as he got older (& put on a few pounds, he had to admit) Carlos was grateful for the job in the traffic police. But his time as a salsa dancer in the cabaret at the Copacabana would stay in his heart forever….

Der Untermensch

Just in case a bearded singer in a dress wasn’t enough of a message. This is a reminder.

Swing

When rehearsing their routines, penguins do not usually wear their more formal clothes, but instead tend to work in something practical that allows more movement. — When rehearsing their dance routines, penguins do not usually wear their formal outfits, but instead tend to work-out in something practical that allows greater freedom of movement.

People with issues #196

John's twin loves of impromptu street performance & ballet coincided unfortunately during a Moscow protest against discriminatory anti-gay laws. The police were, on the whole, not lovers of culture during working hours. — John’s twin loves of impromptu street performance & ballet coincided unfortunately when he got caught-up in a Moscow protest against discriminatory anti-gay laws. The police were, on the whole, not lovers of culture during working hours.

Lost words

Maybe not quite everything goes at the end…..

But is it art?

Australian scientists have won this year’s “Dance your PhD” competition, an event for boffins to explain their work through interpretive dance.

Material scientist Peter Liddicoat, from the University of Sydney, took out the competition with a performance of A super-alloy is born: The romantic revolution of Lightness & Strength, describing his research quest to create materials that have high strength and low weight.

Liddicoat’s no dancing dilettante – his work has made it into Nature, which in 2010 saw fit to publish his Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys.

The winning dance tells the tale of a collaboration between and engineer and a scientist. The latter finds that “when force is applied to the perfect crystal structure of Lightness the bonds break and the atoms slip along a straight line” before “applying torsion to redesign the atomic architecture.” He applies this revolving force to the crystal, dividing it into multiple smaller parts, and creates interfaces that might block slip.

I see a place for Woody Harrelson in the Hollywood version, playing opposite Jennifer Connolly as the über-cool scientist.

Full story at The Register here.