# Fighting cancer with dance

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDIndia 2009
- Speaker: Ananda Shankar Jayant
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ananda_shankar_jayant_fighting_cancer_with_dance)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Fighting cancer with dance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ananda_shankar_jayant_fighting_cancer_with_dance/4954b997c1ae), 16 min (TED's player)