Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant shares her cancer story

Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. 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.

This performance was recorded in Novermber 2009 at the Ted India conference, a gathering that brings together some of the world’s best thinkers in Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED). Each speaker is given 18 minutes to talk about any subject they want. A great source of inspiration, many more videos are available for free viewing on their website.

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