I = mr^2 or the physics of ballet

Hello World!

I recently aquired these fabulous ballet flats (on sale!) for everyday street wear and it made me wonder about the physics of ballet shoes and ballet in general. I found this great website that applies and explains ballet moves in mathematical terms, www.unc.edu/~shahk/Sites/Site/Welcome.html

I encourage you to check it out as it was quite enjoyable to read. Each tab on the page explains a different element of ballet from the shoes to the graceful (and illusory!) leaps. 

 For even more details and some great references check out this website http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/dance/dance_physics.html 

If you want to read about Yale professors who put the calculations in choreography check out http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/may-2014/the-physics-of-dance 

And if you want to read even more, check out this student paper

http://arxiv.org/pdf/0706.2717.pdf or this book (available on Amazon)

As for me I think it is time to practice rotational inertia. 

Happy STEM dancing! 

:)