Science Art: Representations of the Braid Groups by Nancy Scherich, overall winner, Dance Your Ph.D. 2017.

“A representation is faithful if it has only one braid in its kernel.”

So, this is doctorate-level mathematics rendered as interpretative dance, and that is not a joke.

It’s really kind of beautiful. There’s even a plot, and a plot twist.

The other 2017 Dance Your Ph.D. winners this year are pretty great, too.

I only recently found out about this annual Science magazine contest, now in its 10th year, from my better half.