‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos
by Kelly Burke from Science | The Guardian on (#6JXRZ)
Four-minute video features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer and a bunch of friends from Canberra
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The former Canberra scientist Dr Weliton Menario Costa, who now goes by the name Weli, said it felt like winning Eurovision" when he learned he had won the global Dance Your PhD" competition, for his quirky interpretive take on kangaroo behaviour.
His four-minute video titled Kangaroo Time features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer, and a bunch of friends Weli acquired from his time studying at the Australian National University.
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