Watch this amazing TED talk from Ananda Shankar Jayant, a brilliant Indian classical dancer (by the way, classical in India does not mean ballet).
You will hear extremely interesting concepts of metaphor that she used in her mental and corporeal fight against cancer, making her body re-learn the movement that she thought she had mastered before cancer.
Durga, the epitome of creative feminine energy, or shakti. Durga, the fearless one. I made that image of Durga and her every attribute, every nuance, my very own.
P.S. Yes, I’m working on the dance essay again.
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