RecordNumber
3603
Author
Renesse, Christine von
Crop_Body
Christine von Renesse and Julianna Campbell
Title of Article
Mathematics and Maypole Dancing
Title Of Journal
Bridges
Publication Year
2019
Abstract
Our workshop will allow participants to explore some of the mathematics of maypole dancing. In groups of 6-10
they will dance the maypole dance, find representations of the generated patterns on the pole, and discover properties
of the generated ribbon patterns. The inverse problem will also be explored: given a pattern, can we find a ribbon
constellation that generates the pattern? The question becomes even more interesting if we change the traditional
dance pattern.