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Read my full thesis paper: HERE
See my presentation of the paper: HERE
** If you have never danced tango, or if math is less your thing, you might enjoy the postscript of the paper!
My undergraduate research conference poster: Spatial Dynamics of Argentine Tango pptx
Researcher: Janet Akselrud, Research Advisor: Joseph Maher (CSI Faculty of Mathematics)
See the paper my research builds upon: Mathematical Models For Argentine Tango Thank you Carla Farsi!
Watch the Youtube video I gathered my data from: 5th Argentine tango Baltic Open Cup 2019.Tango de Pista. Latvia. Final.
See the full data I collected following couple #1 and couple #35 (for poster purposes called couple #2) as they moved through their dances: Data_ Spacial Dynamics of Argentine Tango
See the full JuliaPlots code used to create computer models from the collected data: JuliaPlots Code_ Spatial Dynamics of Argentine Tango ***This is in a pdf format, if you would like the jl or ipynb files, please email me!
Bonus:
My reflections on learning to dance tango in Buenos Aires: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/janetakselrud/2023/02/03/just-tango-a-january-spent-in-buenos-aires/
A video of my tango class exhibition: https://youtu.be/rdhBLTexCdI
Playlist of Tango songs Flavia (my dance teacher) shared with my class: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnqf0B8GzedKP31ZjQkkb8AJ6Zmz9o9KK
The treasure of tango is not in dancing to look good for people watching, but dancing because it feels good to do so.