In gym class, students of Palm Elementary School most often see that there is a lot of ability in being disabled. What they saw Monday was Cleveland dancer DeMarco Sleeper […]
Mary Verdi-Fletcher, President/Founding ArtisticDirector of the Dancing Wheels Company & School, sat down with John E. Phillips for this exclusive interview on Wheel:Life.org. Mary shares her life story, and the […]
Lifetime Achievement Award: Mary Verdi-Fletcher, founder of Dancing Wheels Company and School in Cleveland. She is the first professional wheelchair dancer in the United States and one of the first […]
“Being part of the Dancing Wheels Company really has changed my life,” Tanya Ewell of Cleveland, Ohio, says. After Tanya’s injury, she stayed home for a couple of years. She […]
Dancers are known for knowing how to move their feet. Cavs dancer Emily Schwarting knows the art of dancing well. She’s been dancing since age five […] Read More
Modern dance tends not to be explicit in its content, but at Saturday night’s concert by Cleveland’s physically integrated Dancing Wheels Company, the message could not have been clearer […] […]
The daughter of a professional musician and a professional dancer, Mary Verdi-Fletcher grew up with a great love of movement and music. Her mother, in particular, instilled in her “a […]
by Mark Satola, The Plain Dealer Modern dance tends not to be explicit in its content, but at Saturday night’s concert by Cleveland’s physically integrated Dancing Wheels Company, the message […]
by WKSU’s Vivian Goodman Mary Verdi-Fletcher and Catherine Meredith sat down with Vivian Goodman to discuss the 35th anniversary of the Dancing Wheels Company and “Lasting Legacy” concert. Listen to […]
Don’t use the words “handicapped” or “disabled.” Not when discussing Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels. More than offensive, the terms are inaccurate. While countless companies have come and gone, the nation’s first […]
