{"id":359544,"date":"2010-02-24T01:10:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T06:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/math_dances_imitating_visualization_techniques_through_dance.html"},"modified":"2010-02-24T01:10:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T06:10:21","slug":"math-dances-imitating-data-visualization-techniques-through-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/359544","title":{"rendered":"Math Dances: Imitating Data Visualization Techniques through Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dancing_infographics.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/dancing_infographics.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAs a seemingly out-of-the-box creative solution to an essay assignment, this enthusiastic student successfully combined 2 of her favorite things: &#8220;being a nerd&#8221; and &#8220;dancing&#8221;. In practice, she takes on the challenge to &#8220;dance&#8221; several data visualization techniques, including a line graph, scatter plot, box and whisker plot, pie graph, bar graph, sin and cos graph and csc graph. Luckily she put it on YouTube for all to see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/math_dances_imitating_visualization_techniques_through_dance.html#extended\">below<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you appreciate the combination of dancing with infographics, be sure not to miss <a href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2006\/11\/protein_synthesis_people_chains.html\">Protein Synthesis People Chains<\/a>. You can also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/ascenders_descenders_typographic_reinterpretation_of_cunninghams_dancing_hands.html\">Typographic Reinterpretation of Cunningham&#8217;s Dancing Hands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/krees\/status\/9550827111\">Krees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE: Some background to this video at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/23\/education\/23tufts.html?hp\">NYTimes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2010\/02\/21\/a_fresh_pitch_on_u_tube\/\">Boston Globe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/WN\/youcollege-video-essays-arrived\/story?id=9924120\">ABC<\/a> (found at <a href=\"http:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2010\/02\/24\/spirit-of-graph-and-dance-is-alive\/\">Flowing Data<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PeZH6zMMlV1QLtSRbfecbVnxoSg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PeZH6zMMlV1QLtSRbfecbVnxoSg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PeZH6zMMlV1QLtSRbfecbVnxoSg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PeZH6zMMlV1QLtSRbfecbVnxoSg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:nQ_hWtDbxek\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?d=nQ_hWtDbxek\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?i=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?i=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?i=YH_oeBVB-bA:Ho18rzVLRqw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/infosthetics\/~4\/YH_oeBVB-bA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a seemingly out-of-the-box creative solution to an essay assignment, this enthusiastic student successfully combined 2 of her favorite things: &#8220;being a nerd&#8221; and &#8220;dancing&#8221;. 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