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Upon one foot, teen dancer leaps for her dream

by Fidelity | July 17, 2007
"She�s amazing when she performs. She totally draws you in," he said. "(On stage) that soul of hers just blossoms. It's almost like she was given a leg."
- Georgio Fagan; Georgio's American Dance Centre

Lake Mary, Florida - Nathalie, who was born without the lower part of a tibia in her right leg, wears a prosthetic, something she hadn't bothered to mention to her dance instructor.

The attention is for her dancing, not for her disability, Fagan wants to make clear.

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