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2011–2012 · Dance – stage work

RED SHIFT

Aleta Hayes · Stanford University

A Chocolate Heads Movement Band performance directed by Aleta Hayes for the first TEDxStanford on May 19, 2012, inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research on dark matter and dark energy. In her TEDxStanford talk Hayes introduced the student group, which then performed the piece.

Premiere
2012-05-19
Venue
TEDxStanford (first edition), Stanford Graduate School of Business (Knight Management Center)
Where
Stanford, CA
Credits
Choreography/direction: Aleta Hayes. Performed by The Chocolate Heads Movement Band (Stanford student group). Music: Ben Juodvalkis (per Ben's 2024 email to Aleta calling himself 'the musician from Red Shift'; exact role unconfirmed).

Press

“the Chocolate Heads were selected to perform, 'Red Shift', based on the Nobel prize research on dark matter and dark energy”

“She Introduces a student group known as The Chocolate Heads Movement Band that performs a visually stunning dance piece entitled Red Shift.”

Elsewhere

Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.

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