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Art and Science Collide
Particle physics and robotics intertwine with dance and opera in this program where practitioners of highly refined disciplines search for common ground.
Followed by a post-screening discussion/Q&A with director Ruben van Leer; Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium; Dr. Donald Goldsmith, scientist/writer and Keri Kukral former professional ballet dancer, bio-mechanical engineer and founder of Raw Science TV.
Co-presented by California Academy of Sciences
Saturday, October 10 | 4:30 pm
Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco
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Single Ticket: $15 (Students: $13, ID required)
Symmetry Unraveled
(The Netherlands, 2015) 25:00
Director: Juliette Stevens
Symmetry
(The Netherlands, 2015) 28:00
Director: Ruben van Leer
Choreographer: Lukas Timulak
Description
Symmetry is a dance-opera film created by director Ruben van Leer and choreographer Lukáš Timulak. Filmed inside Cern, the large hadron collider.
A fascinating making-of documentary, Symmetry Unraveled explores the intersection of art and science through the project, followed by the 28-minute film Symmetry itself, where a Cern researcher is thrown off balance while working on the theory of everything and the smallest particle.
Additional Credits
Dancers Shirley Essenboom, Joeri Dubbe, Cesar Fernandes and Celia Amade | Dramaturgist Martin Butler | VFX Supervisor Tom Geraedts | Sound Lennert Hunfeld | Docu Maker Juliette Stevens | Writer Ruben van Leer | Photographer Masha Osipova | Production Designer Barnaby Monk | DOP Paul Ozgur | 1st AD Kelly Jenkins | Focus Puller Michael Hobdell
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