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Dance vs. PowerPoint, a modest proposal - John Bohannon and Black Label Movement

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Use dancers instead of PowerPoint. That's science writer John Bohannon's "modest proposal." In this spellbinding choreographed talk he makes his case by example, aided by dancers from Black Label Movement.

It has been argued that slashing the United States's National Endowment for the Arts will help reduce the national debt. Explain, in your own words, how you think this might be helpful and/or harmful. What are alternative solutions?

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