Spotlight: Sydney Mesher

The Radio City Rockettes recently returned to Radio City Music Hall in New York for the holiday season. One of them, Sydney Mesher, is the first member of the dance company to have a visible disability. She was born without a left hand due to symbrachydactyly, a condition in which limbs don't fully develop before birth. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Mesher has been dancing since age three and saw the Rockettes perform when she was in middle school. She will be doing high kicks and other dances as part of the Christmas Spectacular show at least twice a day until January 5. For more details on this story, go to https://www.kptv.com/news/portland-woman-born-without-left-hand-making-history-with-the/article_5696b3fa-1112-11ea-a9e1-cbd0bad18bd8.html.

Sydney Mesher

(image via oregonlive.com)