11-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Aspires To Be Taken Seriously As A Dancer So She Gets Lessons From Her Hero

Sep 25, 2019 by apost team

Abri Bentley loves to dance and it shows. The 11-year old girl from Scottsdale, Arizona is also a cancer survivor. She started her dancing career at a young age.

Unfortunately, that passion for dance was temporarily derailed when she was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma described in her Instagram profile. This rare form of cancer caused the sweet girl to lose her leg.

Abri's mother, Nikkole Bentley, said that her daughter was having problems with starting to dance again after the amputation reports Inside Edition. Although the desire was there, it was challenging to figure out the moves with the prosthetic leg.

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Then professional tap dancer Evan Ruggiero stepped in to help Abri get her groove back. Evan saw Abri dancing on Instagram and decided that he wanted to reach out to her. As Abri's idol, it meant so much that Evan wanted to meet her.

Like Abri, Evan also lost a leg. He had started his dancing career when he was only five years old. Unfortunately, he lost his leg to cancer while he was in college, forcing him to learn how to tap dance with only one leg.

Evan said that he never let losing his leg derail his dreams of traveling the world as a professional dancer. He praises Abri for having that same spirit of determination.

This touching video will surely make you smile. Both Abri and Evan are true inspirations to amputees and everyone else. After you have watched this story of redemption, be sure to spread the joy to everyone in your social media network. These two deserve to be celebrated for their dedication and love of dancing.