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How Quantum Physicist Ballerina Merritt Moore Learned to Dance With a Robot (Plus, Her Newest Film)

How Quantum Physicist Ballerina Merritt Moore Learned to Dance With a Robot (Plus, Her Newest Film)

by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 17, 2020 | Career, Dance Magazine, Instagram, Profiles, Viral Videos

When the world went into lockdown last March, most dancers despaired. But not Merritt Moore. The Los Angeles native, who lives in London and has danced with Norwegian National Ballet, English National Ballet and Boston Ballet, holds a PhD in atomic and laser physics...
For Better Jumps and Higher Legs, Turn to Newton’s Third Law: Merritt Moore and Claudia Schreier Explain The Relationship Between Ballet and Physics

For Better Jumps and Higher Legs, Turn to Newton’s Third Law: Merritt Moore and Claudia Schreier Explain The Relationship Between Ballet and Physics

by Hannah Foster | Feb 12, 2019 | Training

Last Saturday night, I had a balletic epiphany. I wasn’t in a mirrored studio taking class or even in a theater watching a performance. This luminous ray of understanding beamed into—wait for it—the basement of a math museum. The National Museum of Mathematics...
Trailblazer Merritt Moore on Her Dual Career as Dancer and Physicist

Trailblazer Merritt Moore on Her Dual Career as Dancer and Physicist

by Hannah Foster | Feb 6, 2018 | Career, Profiles

“I’m quitting dance.” Freelance dancer Merritt Moore has said this twice: before a high school year abroad, and after a year away from Harvard University to dance with Zurich Ballet. Luckily, the statement didn’t stick, and Moore has...
Meet the Ballerina Who's Also a Quantum Physicist

Meet the Ballerina Who's Also a Quantum Physicist

by Katherine Beard For Dance Spirit | Jul 16, 2017 | Just for fun

Merritt Moore is a ballerina who just so happens to be graduating from Oxford University with a PhD in quantum physics. Is she even human? The jury is still out on that – but the 29-year-old, who earned her undergrad degree from Harvard, has actually found dance...
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