On Preparing for the Video

“The video that was submitted to the Dance Your PhD competition was made in about 6 weeks, starting in January 2018, but the original idea was spawned much further back! It started off as some lyrics I wrote on my phone while riding the bus to the University sometime in 2016, where I imagined introducing a Cooper pair as a couple of swing dancing electrons. This initial note kept getting longer on subsequent bus rides, and by the time it came to actually make the video I had a LOT of notes about it.

“For a little background, I originally made the video for an annual research festival thrown by the University of Victoria called IdeaFest, which had a creative showcase called 'Express Your Thesis' that was directly inspired by Dance Your PhD. When I got the e-mail asking for submissions, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to make the video for both competitions.”