Kate Torgovnick May writes on the
TED blog that Boston Marathon bomb-amputee Adrianne Haslet-Davis dances on new MIT Leg
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"In 3.5 seconds, the criminals and cowards took Adrianne off the dance floor,” [MIT's Hugh Herr] says. “In 200 days, we put her back.” With that, Herr calls Haslet-Davis out for what will be her first dance since the bombing [...] on stage with her partner, professional dancer Christian Lightner. The two begin to dance a rumba, Haslet-Davis performing intricate back-and-forth footwork. [...] she twirls around her partner as the white fringe of her skirt flaps in the air. Her body looks lithe and unimpaired. Her bionic foot is encased in a white dancing slipper, just like her right foot. It’s a stunning moment. One that underscores Herr’s ultimate point. “Bionics are not only about making people stronger and faster,” he says. “Our expression, our humanity can be embedded into our electromechanics.”
![http://blog.ted.com/2014/03/19/a-first-dance-on-a-next-generation-bionic-limb-hugh-herr-and-adrianne-haslet-davis-at-ted2014/](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdE76gk6lpFXocqIrpONfUaTDVAe9yrU8ZqZp-s9p3yKt0QXRwas5s74FJbdZGlCRWjGdNuwajrO6547NDEDBXQwIBEzK_-v0gSMEOwCW06n2US_9K6A3Yp2ze36reQqRWRoRD0Ughso/s320/firstdance.jpg)
Aha,
TED has posted it online!
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