View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dance-vs-powerpoint-a-modest-proposal-john-bohannon 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. Talk by John Bohannon.

This is a live performance of BLM, Jello Slave and John Bohannon's TED 2012: Full Spectrum Talk, premiered at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. John Bohannon was the original speaker, replaced here by BLM mover Joe Crook. The other BLM movers are: Lauren Baker, Jose Victor Bueno, Natalie Carr, Jessica Ehlert, Patrick Jeffrey, Margaret Johnson, Alyssa Mann and Zack Teska.

How did an unlikely collaboration become so fruitful? Biomed engineer David Odde asked Black Label Movement dancers to help him interpret science, gaining insights into his own research in the process.