Group photo of Sydney Mesher with young dancers with limb differences dressed in ballet oufits.
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How Rockette Sydney Mesher Teaches Dancers With Limb Differences

No matter where you take ballet class, it always begins with the same direction: “One hand on the barre.” It’s an aspect of ballet instruction that most teachers and students don’t even think about. But for dancers like Sydney Mesher—who in 2019 became the first Radio City Rockette with a visible disability—that seemingly simple command […]