Professional dancers, and the health professionals that keep them on their toes, use principles of geometry and engineering to achieve their goals. Find out how this art form is going high tech!
Running time 2:06 minutes.
Movie poster design starts with up to 60 preliminary sketches and requires exact calculations to produce correct proportions and perfect colors. A lot more goes into a movie poster than you would think at first glance!
Running time 1:06 minutes.
Whether he’s trying to make the chase scenes exciting or the scary scenes scary, Oscar-nominated film composer James Newton Howard explains that he relies on patterns to write the musical scores for movies.
Running time 3:20 minutes.
Why is it that when you beat, tap or hammer on some objects you get nothing but a “thud”, while on others you get pure ringing tones? The answer lies in the science of vibrations and resonance, which is nowhere better exemplified than in the design, manufacture and use of percussion instruments.
Running time 2:08 minutes.
Have you ever had students say to you, "I don’t need math, I’m going to be a musician!" Why not introduce them to world-renowned drummer Ndugu Chancler, who explains why math is essential to music?
Running time 6:35 minutes.
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