Dance on Wheels: Can dance include and embrace us all?
I didn’t think so. Dance for someone who uses a wheelchair? I thought, you’ve got to be kidding! I must admit, as a professional actor and vocalist, the inclusion of dance in my career was a hard sell to me initially. I did not think artists with physical disabilities could legitimately compete, nor be taken seriously in the arena of dance.
But in 1995, I was wowed when I witnessed my first physically integrated dance performance by the Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels (now known as “Dancing Wheels”).
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