http://danine.net/2010/03/10/national-womens-disability-history-month-alicia-alonso/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://danine.net/2010/03/10/national-womens-disability-history-month-alicia-alonso/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Danine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:55 +0000 http://danine.net/blog2/?p=1159#comment-372 Yes, yes and yes - I also love the fact that others have been forced to "adapt" to HER (instead of the other way around) because she is the one with the talent and power. Without her and her talent, they would be irrelevant. Therefore, the impairment doesn't make her a burden to society but instead a very, very important element of the choreography. Yes, yes and yes – I also love the fact that others have been forced to “adapt” to HER (instead of the other way around) because she is the one with the talent and power. Without her and her talent, they would be irrelevant. Therefore, the impairment doesn’t make her a burden to society but instead a very, very important element of the choreography.

]]> http://danine.net/2010/03/10/national-womens-disability-history-month-alicia-alonso/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Ashley Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:06 +0000 http://danine.net/blog2/?p=1159#comment-371 I love ballerinas and it makes sense to me that Alonso can adapt to it as a partially blind person. Why not? Ballet is about posture and rhythm and grace -- all things that don't require eyesight. I love ballerinas and it makes sense to me that Alonso can adapt to it as a partially blind person. Why not? Ballet is about posture and rhythm and grace — all things that don’t require eyesight.

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