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“When I’m dancing I really feel like I’m fully self-expressed. Like I’m totally in the moment and one with the music—and sharing the moment with my dance partner, whoever that may be. I’m very happy dancing with people of all ages, all levels, from wherever in the world, and I really love the challenge of being able to follow anyone, anyhwere, anytime.” 

-Tessa Cunningham

Fun fact: Myles and Tessa recently got married! Congrats to this amazing couple—they are truly picture-perfect.

Who: Tessa Cunningham and Myles Munroe

Number: ”Tessa Cunningham, Canadian West Coast Swing Champion”

Choreographers: Tessa Cunningham and Myles Munroe

Style: West Coast Swing

From: Year of Science (2011)

Dance in the News: Dance Inspired By Theoretical Physics Not Such a Big Bang

By Erika Eichelberger

via Mother Jones

“…I was therefore a little mind-boggled by Three Theories, the piece that her company, Armitage Gone!, just performed in San Francisco following shows in Chicago and New York. According to the program notes, the piece ‘looks at the poetry underlying the pillars of 20th century theoretical physics: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics and String Theory.’ It goes on to explain that the choreography is derived from “scientific principles” and creates dance that, I kid you not, ‘reflect[s] the points of view held by physicists about the fundamental nature of the universe…’”

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