Dancing Nature: Science Storytelling Through Ballet

The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre
V&A
 
Join our Biology Ballerina for an exploration of the natural world through pliés and pirouettes.
 
Over the centuries, many art forms have been used to tell scientific stories—from Leonardo Da Vinci’s explorations of human anatomy to the influence of Maxwell’s electromagnet wave theory on the Impressionists.
 
As a professionally trained ballet dancer and fungal researcher at Imperial College London, Eleonora Moratto is continuing that tradition and combining her two passions.
 
After a prize-winning performance dancing her own PhD on Plant-pathogen interactions, she will take to the stage at this year’s Great Exhibition Road Festival alongside collaborators from Chelsea Ballet. Together they will respond to short talks from natural world scientists, creating a series of performances that will explore the human impact on our changing planet.