Looking for the 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest? That is at http://gonzolabs.org/dance
This is the original announcement of the 2008 "Dance Your PhD" contest:

The IMBA-IMP
Science Dance Party
Wann?
Friday 18 January 2008
Wo?
The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
--4th floor cafeteria--
Was?
19:00
the FREE drinks begin flowing
21:00
the "Dance your PhD" contest
21:30
the debut performance of
"Molecular Code: annoying labnoise turns into music"
by trockenmoos and Sebastian Tomczak
22:00
"Dance your PhD" winners announced
22:30
the DJ spins and the boogie begins!
DJs include trockenmoos, Martha Koerner, Tung Lashor
"Dance Your PhD" contest
Wie bitte?
The rules are simple:
| 1. | The title of your PhD thesis is projected on a screen. | ||||||
| 2. | We play music of your choice. | ||||||
| 3. | |||||||
| You have 5 sec (min) to 60 sec (suggested max) to express this PhD with dance (using no Powerpoint, no pictures, no words). | |||||||
| 4. | Solo dancers or teams are allowed, but the prize goes to the PhD author. | ||||||
Prizes:
The 3 categories are graduate student, post-doc, and professor.
For each category, the 1st prize is
...a free 1-year subcription to Science
...a gorgeous certificate of achievement
... and cult status for the rest of your life
To take part, you must email your name and PhD title no later than 14-January to:
john@johnbohannon.org