MoveSpeakSpin, is a dance company that tours extensively and internationally and has created performances for children and adults that explore dance, mathematics, history, and storytelling with highly physical dance and theatricality, using props like ropes, string figures, finger geometry, giant tangrams, and ordinary water bottles. Co-Artistic Director Karl Schaffer is on the Teaching Artist Roster of the Kennedy Center Partners in Education program.

For 25 years, MoveSpeakSpin, the umbrella organization for the Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble, has pioneered the linking of dance with mathematics, science, and far-ranging ideas. The company has published a 132-page book on exploratory classroom activities connecting dance and mathematics.

Nevertheless, She Persisted: The Daughters of Hypatia, A Mathematical Herstory celebrates the lives, work, and struggles of women mathematicians throughout history. For centuries women were denied access to the study of mathematics and despite obstacles, made marvelous discoveries. Dancers recount these women’s intriguing stories and perform patterns suggestive of their mathematical work in a concert filled with physicality, drama, and playful audience interactions.
(Versions for all grade levels K-12 available)