From the deviser: “The gradually increasing number and size of circles, from two people to four people
to eight, is intended to represent the increasing size of black holes over time as they merge together.
The casting out of the circle is intended to represent Hawking radiation; pair production near to a black
hole event horizon (pairs turn), can lead to one particle falling into the black hole (one of each pair forms
a circle), the other particle free to radiate out (dance out and cast). In this way, energy is lost from a
black hole and they can evaporate over time (circle disperses).

The general motion of the dance is (almost) continually in the same direction, reminiscent of the
conserved angular momentum / spin properties of a black hole. This dance was devised in honour of
Stephen Hawking, who passed away aged 76 on 14th March 2018.”

DEVISED: 2018-03