NEW YORK - A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want to be known as the dancer who has one hand, and not because that’s a bad thing,“ Sydney Mesher, who joined the Rockettes this season, told Newsday. In the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, audiences caught up in the show might not notice her missing hand, even where there are minor modifications to the act to accommodate her. In one number where the Rockettes ring a bell in each hand, she rings just one. Rockettes creative director Karen Keeler called Mesher “an incredibly versatile dancer with a strong work ethic.” Keeler said Mesher “is smart and determined, with an eye for detail.”The annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular runs through Jan. 5.

Source: thestar December 23, 2019 20:15 UTC