Directed by Karl Schaffer.
- “Video Tessellations”, improvisography by Saki, Laurel Shastri, Jane Real, software by Kevin Lee, music by Zambra,
- “Proof from the Book”, music by Zambra, choreography by Karl Schaffer, performed by Laurel Shastri and Karl Schaffer.
- “Trio for Six”, choreographed by Karl Schaffer, Scott Kim, Barbara Susco. Music by Ennio Morricone. Performed by Real, Shastri, and Schaffer.
Jane Real
Jane Real has an MA in Dance and a MS in Elementary Education. She has been Rehearsal Director and performer with Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane and Co. and Director of the Dance Network of Brooklyn, NY. Locally, Jane has worked with Tandy Beal and Company and teaches dance at Starlight Elementary School in Watsonville. She has performed with MoveSpeakSpin for 12 years.
Laurel Shastri
Laurel Shastri has an MS in Geology and for 17 years served as company dancer, faculty, and Associate Director of Ballet Tennessee. She is an independent teaching artist who connects science, dance, and language arts in educational settings. She has worked in Arts Council Santa Cruz County and Montalvo Arts Center educational programs. She teaches at Dancenter and has performed with MoveSpeakSpin for 10 years.
Saki
Saki has performed and taught dance, circus arts, theatre and gymnastics with Tandy Beal & Company, New Pickle Circus, WEST Performing Arts with Terri Steinmann, Project
Bandaloop, Ohana Gymnastics, Santa Cruz Sports Central and for 23 years with the Dr.
Schaffer & Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble / MoveSpeakSpin.
Karl Schaffer
Karl Schaffer co-directs the dance ensemble MoveSpeakSpin, which tours internationally. He and co-director Erik Stern have received five National Endowment for the Arts awards for their work linking dance and mathematics and are on the Kennedy Center’s Teaching Artist roster for this work. Their duet concert Two Guys Dancing About Math was performed over 500 times throughout North America, and they co-authored the book Math Dance with Scott Kim. Schaffer has written widely on math and dance including an article featured in one of the Best Writing on Mathematics volumes. His recent concert, Nevertheless She Persisted: the Daughters of Hypatia, celebrates great women mathematicians and his concert Pitter
Pattern explores beautiful and enchanting patterns in dance, rhythm, and shape. He received a PhD in mathematics from UC Santa Cruz and is emeritus at De Anza College.
Nancy Scherich 