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Born to Fly: Waterfall at Millennium Bridge

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Born to Fly, choreographer Elizabeth Streb debuts her dance troupe’s “Waterfall” performance at Millennium Bridge as part of her One Extraordinary Day in London, in tandem with the Summer Olympics. She tells a skeptical reporter who worries it’s unsafe, “Anything that’s too safe is not action.”

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