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Who We Are is Our Impact
"DanceAbility is a kind of healing, not to 'heal' the disabled, but to heal the able and disabled at once, in one forum. For a time the separation is dissolved.... Try it. You will be moved."
Steve Paxton
"We are all the same; we have the same wants, the same needs, the same love, and that same wish for true connection."
Emery Blackwell
"DanceAbility has given me the opportunity to develop my senses to notice each person on the planet as an expert in their own way of being."
Veronica de Witt
"The [DanceAbility] method was designed to expand. I have expanded within it. I have watched my students expand within it. I see barriers dissolving in our classes, and because of this, our community is expanding too."
Michaela Knox,
certified DanceAbility Master Trainer
"In DanceAbility, creating art is shaped by the people involved and their possibilities. It was the start of a wonderful dance journey throughout my life."
Maja Hehlen
"DanceAbility has helped my personal growth as a human being. We are all humans. The realization that we don't have to be perfect (like perfection exists!) to be alive, to relate, to perceive our position in the environment we are creating, to discover beauty where at first you did not see it... this makes me feel part of humanity in all its diversity. And feel that we can find new (and more positive ways) to live together as humans in this overwhelming world."
Neca Zarvos
"When I dance onstage, it feels like I do not have a disability. I am the most happy when I am dancing. Dancing makes me feel free! It gives me a special freedom that I do not feel anywhere else."
Tonya Rivera
"There are not a lot of spaces that involve everyone and make everyone feel equal. [Through DanceAbility] I have found a family, and more self-acceptance."
Kelcie Laube
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