Sydney Mesher is a Portland, Oregon native and of the 13 new Rockettes cast in this year's Christmas Spectacular! She has an incredible dance story that is inspiring to all of us. We’re so happy to have her as a lady of the line.
Kayla has a HUGE passion for dance/modeling and creating videos to help spread limb difference awareness. She refers to her limb difference as a paw because she’s a lion at heart
Hannah is a British woman with Down syndrome became involved as a part-time member of Stopgap, an integrated dance company consisting of dancers both with and without physical and cognitive disabilities. After a while Sampson was made full-time and now is a paid dance teacher and performs locally and internationally with the company, according to BBC.
Alice is a disabled choreographer and dancer from Britain. Sheppard started her career first as a professor, but later became interested in dance. She became a member of the AXIS Dance Company and toured with them.
"People assume you have to be hearing to dance and follow music," says Chris Fonseca. But the professional dancer, who is profoundly deaf, is subverting those expectations. Through his classes he helps people find different ways to connect to the music: feeling vibrations, feeling the beat and understanding the structure of the music and the lyrics.