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Ben Wegman features in initial images taken as part of a project to celebrate the inauguration of the Large Hadron Collider, scheduled for this year. The image were taken (clockwise from top left) in the access tunnel at the CMS detector, in the CERN Computing Center, at ground level above the LHC ring in Switzerland, and in the ATLAS cavern.
Images courtesy of Amelia Cox
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In January 2008, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange visited CERN as part of a project to create a dance that will celebrate and expose the largest science project in history: the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator. Due for start-up this year, the LHC has united the physics community behind a common goal, and is the catalyst behind efforts to develop the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid.
To celebrate the LHC start-up, Liz Lerman and a cast of dancers, storytellers, designers, physicists and philosophers are collaborating to make a dance to kick off the LHC’s inauguration. The day will be a groundbreaking test carried out by an extraordinary group of thinkers at the frontiers of science. It will be a prime moment for observing the nature of research and discovery, and for gathering stories about how scientists think and work. Moreover, it will be the beginning of an exploration that will include stagework and an opportunity for experts and non-experts alike to share in a public dance/art installation.
During the initial visit the team met with scientists at CERN, learned more about their work, visited various sites and created some initial movement phrases related to the science within the environment of the buildings and machinery. These initial photos feature dancer Ben Wegman.
As in the tradition of all Liz Lerman Dance Exchange projects, the research and work that goes into creating the original performance piece will expand and evolve to include residencies and tours in communities across the world.
It’s complicated. It’s confusing. It’s mysterious. It’s weird. As it has for thousands of years, dance will help people grasp the incomprehensible. And… that is just the beginning.
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
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