"So the dance captured me first because of its beauty and the way it works with music, and then I discovered the way physics applies."

Kenneth Laws, a professor of physics and amateur dancer explores the interplay between natural law and the art (and illusions) of dance.  He is the author of The Physics of Dance and Physics, as well as Dance and the Pas de Deux (co-authored with Cynthia Harvey, former principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater) and Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement (co-authored with photographer Martha Swope).

Hosted by: Department of Physics

In conjunction with: Beckman Institute, Bioengineering Office, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, College of Applied Life Studies, College of Engineering, College of Fine and Applied Arts, College of Medicine, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Dance, Department of Kinesiology, Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Department of Theatre, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, School of Chemical Sciences, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women's Studies Programs