Dance Your PhD Competition

The "Dance Your Ph.D.", a science dance-off sponsored by the Science magazine, an international competition for scientists where their graduate work will be analyzed by interpretive dance. The norms are simple. Scientists have to form a dance encouraged by their Ph.D. research. The year of completion of PhD does not matter for taking part in this competition. The author of the thesis must be a part of the video. The deadline for submitting the video is 1 October 2013.  

Follow the step to take part in the competition
• Amend the thesis into a dance
• Post the video at Vimeo.com
• Send the link of the video to Gonzo Labs prior to 1 October 2013

The competition has been performing since 2007 and the brainchild of of Science Contributing Correspondent John Bohannon.

The dance will be divided into four categories that are Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Social Science. The best from each category will be selected to take part in the final round to compete for the highest prize. The competition is open to all scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and historians.

$ 500 will be awarded to the winner of all four categories however the winner of all get and additional $500 along with the another prized that is not decided yet. Candidates from all over the world can apply for this interesting competition.

There is no specific rule on  the dance style, the dance style may vary from traditional Indian folk dance to hip hop and fruit fly mating. The main thing should consider while performing the dance form is  that the dance will convey the important facts including it needs to be indulging art, and it has to assist in understanding the essence of the science at the back of Ph.D. research.

A Physicist from the Australia won the competition in 2011 on his performance of stop-motion dance about titanium hips for his stop-motion dance while a chemist from Australia performed old-time burlesque about aluminum crystals won in 2012.