Show Notes - 035 - Sommer Gentry

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0:01:40 Welcome to episode #035 of The Track, January 2019 - this episode’s guest is Sommer Gentry

0:02:14 Naval Academy professor teaches by doing — in both dance and math

0:02:43 The Hollywood Weekend ’99

0:03:10 Richard Powers

0:03:40 The Saddle Rack

0:03:56 Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

0:04:48 OBDF 2013 Two Step Jack & Jill

0:04:55 The Track 017 - Mike Thibault

0:07:53 Taylor Swift - Mean

0:09:05 UCWDC Worlds 2016 - Open Division 2 - East Coast Swing

0:12:11 Madonna - Express Yourself - MTV Video Music Awards

0:15:06 Sommer dancing on a mountaintop

0:16:67 Charm City Swing

0:18:27 Lindy in the Park

0:20:04 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

0:21:33 United States Academic Decathlon

0:22:20 Gender stereotypes about math develop as early as second grade

0:23:49 START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)

0:26:43 1999 Camp Hollywood promo

0:27:07 Lindy Hop Smooth Style- Camp Hollywood 2012

0:27:12 How to do Lindy Hop Switches + 4 Switch Styles for Followers with Sharon Davis

0:27:24 Camp Hollywood

0:27:55 Lindy Hop Smooth Style- Camp Hollywood 2012

0:28:03 Steve Sayer

0:29:12 American Lindy Hop Championship 2000, Lindy hop - Minn Vo - Corina Acosta

0:31:34 USNA Math Department - Sommer Gentry, Ph. D.

0:33:52 NYT - Greater Access to Donated Livers Promised to Transplant Patients

0:37:26 United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

0:38:00 Optimized Match

0:39:24 With unassuming brilliance, Segev, Gentry share passions, save lives

0:40:12 TIME Magazine "Innovators"

0:41:10 ALHC

0:43:53 Sommer & Dorry - ALHC 2004 Fast

0:47:40 Hustle - Disco America 2016

0:49:45 Harlem Mambo

0:49:55 Forrest Outman - DanceHistorian.com

0:51:05 Early swingouts in line of dance

0:55:42 Boston Tea Party

0:57:00 Sylvia Sykes & Tom Lewis - NADC 2000 Champions Strictly Swing

1:02:18 LFXVII - Spark

1:04:13 Another favorite, but not as much

1:05:30 After Watching This Class Get Down to Beyoncé, You Will Never Look at Step Aerobics the Same

1:08:02 Stompology

1:09:41 Big Apple Dance

1:10:38 ISDC 2015 Body Language Line dance

1:10:42 BMore Nation Soul Line Dance EXTENDED MIX!!!

1:11:00 Showstopper Line Dance

1:11:07 HAIM - Little of Your Love

1:14:05 Mobtown Ballroom

1:18:58 Dogpossum - Be ok with people saying no to you

1:20:40 Alive & Kicking (Rent/buy on Amazon)

1:21:50 Lindy Shopper’s Favorite Shoes

1:23:46 The Guardian - The Science and Magic of Lindy Hop

1:24:25 AcroYoga - Divine Play

1:27:40 2012 Aerobic Worlds SOFIA - Aerobic Step and Dance Finals

1:28:00 2017 UCWDC Team Line Country 1st Place Champions Wild Roses

1:31:02 Summer Takes On The Rectangled Challenge | SuperHuman

1:35:43 Mathematics in the World of Dance

1:37:40 The Track 020 - Nathan Bugh

1:45:11 A Sampler of Lindy Hop Scholarship: The Savoy, Haptic Communication, The Texas Tommy and More

1:46:43 Computers crack the code of pop-song success: It helps to be 'happy' and 'female'

1:48:30 20 Years after Deep Blue: How AI Has Advanced Since Conquering Chess

1:51:05 Lindy Focus XVI: Duke Ellington Night - “Rockin’ in Rhythm”

1:52:22 Lindy Focus XVII: Lionel Hampton Night - “Flyin’ Home”

1:53:45 Zeno’s Paradox

1:55:59 Taking the Leap: Teaching Math Through Dance

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