A new partnership between the University of Leeds and the world-renowned Northern Ballet has culminated in an original piece of dance exploring conceptual ideas of pattern and geometry.
ÅNGSTRØM, a three-minute digital dance film, is released today. The piece is the result of a collaboration between Dr Briony Thomas from the University of Leeds’ School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Design, and Kenneth Tindall, Artistic Director of Digital and Choreographer in Residence at Northern Ballet.
ÅNGSTRØM investigates the parallels which can be found between crystallography (the study of crystal structure), geometry in design, and choreography. The aim of the final film is to show how both science and the body — through dance — create patterns and geometry.
The University of Leeds pioneered the cross-disciplinary exploration of pattern and structure in the twentieth century. In the 1930s, physicists in the Department of Textiles used X-ray diffraction to study textile fibres and realised the potential impact of…
