Communicating Science through the Performing Arts

Abstract

The author reviews over a decade of science and the arts programming he and his colleagues have produced and disseminated. The programs have been supported by the National Science Foundation, the American Physical Society, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and various foundations and corporations. The author gives detailed examples of using science and the arts to reach the public and students with respect to programming related to the play Copenhagen, the opera Doctor Atomic, the Science & the Arts Series, a major international conference on Communicating Science to the Public, and many other outreach efforts.

Keywords:

• Science and Theatre
• Dance and Music
• Staged Reading of Science Plays
• Science Outreach Strategies

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my colleague Linda Merman who helped design and operate the Science and Arts major NSF grant and was very helpful in the writing and research for this article.