Performance Schedule


	Dr. Schaffer & Mr. Stern Performance Schedule

For more information, contact Karl Schaffer at 408/335-1861, or by email at khs2700@mercury.fhda.edu. All performance dates are subject to change. If you want to attend one of our school shows, please let us know in advance and we'll give you directions.

DATE	TIME	PLACE	SHOW
Wed Apr 28	Through the Loop (performance)	At an elementary school.	Through the Loop: In Search of the Perfect Square. It's mathematics, it's dance, it's a story about shapes and problem solving for kids and adults. And we wear funny hats.
Sat May 14	Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern: Two Guys Dancing About Math (performance and workshop)	Escondido.	Dr. Schaffer (the thinker) and Mr. Stern (the doer) lead the audience in participatory mathematical games as they tap dance, play basketball, and perform extraordinary handshakes.
Sun, Mon Aug 1, 2	Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern: Two Guys Dancing About Math (performance)	North lake Tahoe outdoor festival.	Dr. Schaffer (the thinker) and Mr. Stern (the doer) lead the audience in participatory mathematical games as they tap dance, play basketball, and perform extraordinary handshakes.

S H O W S

Dr. Schaffer & Mr. Stern: Two Guys Dancing About Math. Two-person show featuring Karl Schaffer and Erik Stern, aimed mostly at children 6-12. Two characters explore the mathematics in handshakes, basketball, tap dance, music and physics through a series of skits, dances, and audience participation games. 45 minutes.

The Secret Life of Squares (formerly Dances for the Mind's Eye). Three-person show featuring Karl Schaffer, Erik Stern, and Scott Kim. A show for the concert stage that explores patterns and symmetries in pieces of paper, overhead projectors, tangrams, paper airplanes. Appropriate for both children and adults. 50-70 minutes.

Through the Loop: In Search of the Perfect Square. Three-person show featuring Karl Schaffer, Scott Kim, and Annette Williams. A show for elementary schools that tells the story of three characters on a journey of mathematical discovery, featuring giant string figures and giant tangrams. 45-50 minutes.

Workshops. We are available to do workshops in exploring mathematics through movement for both teachers and students, at any level from K through college.