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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...
She's a Ballerina. And a Quantum Physicist. And Maybe an Astronaut.

She's a Ballerina. And a Quantum Physicist. And Maybe an Astronaut.

by Katherine Beard For Dance Spirit | Sep 5, 2017 | Just for fun

For the past decade, Merritt Moore has been living a double life as both a professional ballerina and a quantum physicist. While dancing with Zurich Ballet and Boston Ballet, she received her undergrad degree from Harvard in physics, and she’s currently pursuing...
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