blue ceiling dancer

We've finished our first Digital Art + Science event! Blue Ceiling dance’s Art + Science events were originally public events at Swansea Town Hall in Toronto, bringing together work in progress from the dance company and casual presentations and discussions with local scientists about their work. We aimed to spark conversations about creativity and the processes of making art and doing science in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. With the restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to try a different way. At first we thought we would just film the same kind of things that happened in-person, but what evolved was a more impressionistic approach. The contribution of theoretical ecologist and writer Dr. Madhur Anand shaped our Art + Science Event #3, as she offered readings from her new book “This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart”, a poetic text full of science. click on photo to take you to the video Blue Ceiling dance shows excerpts from our rehearsals and research for “

Dr. Madhur Anand is a Canadian poet and a professor of theoretical ecology at the University of Guelph. Her topics of research include coupled human-environment systems and forest and forest-grassland mosaic ecosystems, and especially how sources of stress and disturbance, such as agriculture and climate change, impact these ecosystems across different spatial scales and time scales. She uses simulation modelling, statistical tools, dendrochronology, and other observational methods. Her two poetic books, "A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes" and "This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart" have been nominated for awards and included many "best books" lists.  Her publications in science and poetry are too numerous to cite here, so read more about Dr. Anand here: https://anand-lab-globalecochange.uoguelph.ca/ and here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/259994/madhur-anand/ Having read both her books since our interview in the spring of 2020, I ca