No limitations for the disabled

via The Miami Herald
By Jordan Levin
jlevin@MiamiHerald.com

Choreographer Karen Peterson has been making pieces for disabled dancers, people whose ability to move has been changed by muscular dystrophy or other ailments, for 20 years. But when she met visual and video artist Maria Lino, Peterson discovered a collaborator who brought a new vision into her dancemaking -- insight that stemmed from the many years Lino lived with her quadriplegic brother, who had cerebral palsy.

"My brother was very much part of my family," Lino says. "He was never institutionalized. I learned a certain level of compassion that I don't think I would have if he had not been part of my life. You really appreciate how life wants to survive, regardless. His mind was clear, the problem was motor. We had to do everything for him. But it was really a joy to be with him. He had these health problems but he loved joking and talking."

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