Students Collaborate with U of M, Professional Dancers to Solve Scientific Problems

Through a method called bodystorming, Perpich Center for Arts Education students will work with University of Minnesota professors and dancers from Black Label Movement to learn more about science.

If you think that science and dance don’t mix, think again. On Tuesday, Jan. 8, professors from the University of Minnesota and dancers from Black Label Movement, will convene at Golden Valley’s Perpich Center for Arts Education to engage in a type of scientific dance called bodystorming. Simply put, bodystorming is a process where, through dance, solutions for scientific problems are formed through various movements. “It’s really a brain storming version of working with the body to work through scientific movement models,” Perpich ArtScience Coordinator Tory Peterson said. “Bodystorming is simply brainstorming, but done with the body.” David Odde, director of undergraduate studies for the University of Minnesota’s Department of Biomedical…

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