Artistic inspiration is never lacking for Mary Verdi-Fletcher. "I always say seeing is believing," Verdi-Fletcher said. "You see ability on stage. [You're] giving an example for people that if they ...

To some, a dancer in a wheelchair might seem like an oxymoron or a tragedy. To Mary Verdi-Fletcher, it’s simply a challenge to expand the definition of dance. Saturday night at the College of Du Page ...

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"I ended up using ideas from the laws of motion to actually create the work," Tomasic said by phone from Los Angeles, where he teaches at Loyola Marymount University. The first movement's setting of ...

PITTSFIELD -- For Mary Verdi, the toughest part of putting together "Christmas at the Colonial" has nothing to do with the logistics, or the singing, or the herds of costumed children that need to be ...

The former member of Cleveland Ballet and Dancing Wheels is doing double duty as a choreographer, creating or polishing new pieces for Cleveland's Verb Ballets and Dancing Wheels. Verb gives the world ...

Of the three dancers who made their way onstage, only two danced on their toes. The third, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, coasted in her wheelchair. “People need to see that they can achieve their dreams and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y — Mary Verdi, 98, of Richmond, a retired seamstress, died yesterday in the Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills. Born Mary Napoli in Brooklyn, she ...

Mary Cotter wouldn't be expecting to see her name in the paper this morning, but it's funny the way these things work. Mary was a prisoner of the radio last Saturday morning, laid up in hospital, ...

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