Dancing Dark Matter
29 October, 4:30 pm
Performance
Dancing Dark Matter
Thursday 29 October 2026
Dark matter makes up most of the universe. It is invisible, but we see its effects via forces shaping everything around us. Experience science, music, dance and discovery, in one room, at the same time.
In this extraordinary 75-minute event, Oxford Improvisers fill the room with a live cosmic soundscape while Dr Kimberly Palladino, one of the world’s leading dark matter hunters, guides us through the science at the frontier of particle physics. Dancers, musicians and you will be invited to respond in movement, tracing the invisible forces that hold galaxies together.
No experience necessary to join the optional guided movement element, and feel the physics for yourself. Suitable for all ages.
Please book tickets for Zone ONE if you wish to look around the hands-on activities before and after/ or after this performance: if-oxford.com/zone-one
Ticketing: Pay What You Decide (PWYD)
Event format: PERFORMANCE
Event duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Age: 7–12 yrs, Teenage, Adult
Event start: 4.30pm
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