Tuesday, August 10, 2010

TEDIndia '09 Ananda Shankar Jayant fights cancer with dance

About Ananda Shankar Jayant
With precision and sparkling grace, Ananda Shankar Jayant performs and teaches the classical dance styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.

About this talk
Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but dancing through it, and gives a performance revealing the metaphor of strength that helped her do it.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I love the TED series, thanks for posting this.

I'm very intrigued by your "About me" section! South Africa, Korea, wow :)

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