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How do artists draw their inspiration? TRADITIONAL METHOD NOVEL APPROACH Poetry Draw inspiration from math, science and engineering Music Feedback is more abstract and Experiences quantifiable Feedback usually


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TRADITIONAL METHOD

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How do artists draw their inspiration?

NOVEL APPROACH

  • Poetry
  • Music
  • Experiences
  • Feedback usually instantaneous;

can see exactly what is happening in a mirror’s reflection

  • Draw inspiration from math,

science and engineering

  • Feedback is more abstract and

quantifiable

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THE TEAM

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Who’s involved?

THE GOALS

  • Bowen McCauley Dance Co.
  • Last Name Left Productions
  • Drexel University
  • Create a dance piece inspired by

mathematical and engineering concepts

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  • Pi (π) is an irrational number

and mathematical constant

  • Ratio of a circle’s

circumference to its diameter

  • Pi is imperative to being able

to quantify and define wave equations

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  • Pi (π) is an irrational number

and mathematical constant

  • Ratio of a circle’s

circumference to its diameter

  • Pi is imperative to being able

to quantify and define wave equations

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  • Periodic motion or oscillation
  • Repetitive, forms some sort of pattern
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  • Also known as “Bowditch Curves”
  • Parametric equations that

deconstruct into equations of simple harmonic motion

  • Lissajous figures relate to the

frequency ratio of two waves and the phase lag between them

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  • ω is defined as frequency
  • ω1:ω2 is the ratio between the

frequencies of the two waves

  • f is defined as phase
  • Phase lag between waves

means that they are not in sync

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  • Example of how two

different waves can, when plotted together, form a new, unique pattern

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  • Initially discovered to visualize acoustic vibration

phenomenon in the mid-nineteenth century

  • Used to analyze single tones, chords, and musical

intervals of instruments

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  • Has not been investigated until this project
  • Accelerometers were used to measure acceleration in

your x-, y- and z-directions

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  • Has not been investigated until this project
  • Accelerometers were used to measure acceleration in

your x-, y- and z-directions

Acceleration A vs. Time Acceleration B vs. Time

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  • Acceleration A

vs. Acceleration B forms a Lissajous figure

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  • Eight dancers
  • Accelerometers were

attached to various parts of the dancer’s body

  • Center of gravity
  • Ankle
  • Knee
  • Wrist
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  • Acceleration data from

different dancers were recorded

  • Plotted individually
  • Plotted one dancer vs.

another

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Mackenzie, acceleration, right knee Aaron, acceleration, center of gravity

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Resulting Lissajous Figure

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Photo Credit: Jeff Malet

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Performed May 17-18th 2019

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  • Remind young boys and girls that science and the arts are

not mutually exclusive

  • Continue this method in acceleration visualization analysis

and apply it in other types of movements, like sports

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  • Lucy Bowen McCauley, Artistic Director & Helen M. Chamberlin, Executive Director, BMDC
  • Dr. Leslie Lamberson, Drexel University Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
  • Alexandria Will-Cole, PhD Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering Department
  • National Science Foundation Grant No. 1751989
  • Additional Funding by: Dominion Energy, Community Foundation for Northern Virginia &

Washington Forrest Foundation

  • BMDC’s Rehearsal Studio - Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring, MD
  • BMDC Company: Elenaluisa Alvarez, Aaron Bauer, Alicia Curtis, Patrick Green,

Eve Holmes-Varner, Dustin Kimball, Justin Metcalf-Burton, & Mackenzie Rawls