Dance squared
Sign in to track this film in your collection or want list.
This film is an encounter with geometrical shapes, which children can readily understand and enjoy. As the title suggests, Dance Squared employs movement, colour and music to explore the symmetries of the square. Every movement of the square and its components presents an opportunity to observe its geometrical properties in a way that is intriguing to young minds.
Directed by René Jodoin - 1961 | 3 min
Directed by René Jodoin - 1961 | 3 min
Credits
René Jodoin (direction); Maurice Blackburn (1914–1988, music); Trevor Fletcher (research); National Film Board of Canada, production company, distributor
Complete catalog record
Animated geometric shapes divide, subdivide, and gyrate within the traditional patterns of a square dance. Employs movement, color and music to explore the symmetries and geometric properties of the square.
, Orange, blue, and yellow geometric figures are arranged in a variety of figures and animated to the tune of a country fiddle. Suggests many ideas for a mathematics class to investigate.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
, Orange, blue, and yellow geometric figures are arranged in a variety of figures and animated to the tune of a country fiddle. Suggests many ideas for a mathematics class to investigate.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
Related films
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, catalog record
- UNT Digital Library — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
- Wikidata · Q64923436 ↗ — country
- Internet Archive · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, genre, description, video
- 16mm Filmography editors — description, video
Original permalink · Record added 2024-05-11 15:17:55