VERLEZZA DANCE COMPANY DEBUTS NEW DANCE CHAIR WITH MERRY LYNN MORRIS

Sabatino Verlezza w/ Verlezza Dance Company Dancers

Tracy Pattison / Amara Romano / Marcie Ryan & w/ Merry Lynn Morris

Verlezza Dance Company in Theatre2 USF
with Merry Lynn Morris

Sabatino Verlezza with Verlezza Dance Company Dancers
Tracy Pattison / Marcie Ryan / Amara Romano

Dream-like Weekend with Verlezza Dance Company
Dancing with Prototypes I & II  (Debut) w/ Merry Lynn Morris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Y84Fgto_E

It was a very dream-like weekend with the incredible debut of the Hands-Free Dance Chair of the Rolling Dance Chair Project - initiated from 2005 by me as Design Patent Inventor - with my work in mixed-ability dance & also from the inspiration of my disabled Father.

Verlezza Dance Company of Ohio flew down to "debut" the new somewhat "working" Dance Chair.  We all held our breath to hope nothing technical would go wrong for the long but lovely weekend!  The Dance Chairs kept being "tweaked" while we all ventured into some amazing ideas of balance & movement with the chairs - including double-ups & standing-up!  Interviews & news coverage attempted to document the project to this point - but which never succeeded in the true understanding of the fact that it has been way too long in making anything work for those who are "waiting in the wings"  - ask Verlezza Dancers - Sabatino Verlezza, Marcie Ryan, & Amara Romano!  Recently, however, I have made an Artistic as well as Financial Decision - to fast-track the manufacture of this wonderful DANCE CHAIR - to make "dreaming" - a REALITY! - after almost 12 years! - I think it is time!  Thank you God!

Looking forward to working soon again with the very wonderful Sabatino Verlezza & his gifted Assistant Artistic Director - Tracy Pattison!  Verlezza Company Dancers - Amara Romano & Marcie Ryan gave incredible feedback to our moving dimensional goals!

Thank You ALL who made this weekend possible.  It has taken years, but I am glad to have made it this far - definitely feels like I am dreaming!  .... The manufacture of three more hands-free dance chairs - is very close to happening!

God Bless to all - and hope to keep dreaming!

w/love - Merry Lynn Morris

New Port Richey Library .............."Making A Diverse Community HUMAN ART SCULPTURE!"

We sure do have a lot of fun and love in seeing God's "Works of Art" ..... that would be children, and you, and me! This was at the New Port Richey Library in Florida. I was on the video camera while Merry Lynn Morris presented a Mixed-Ability Dance Presentation & Demonstration. Then, the audience was invited to interact with the Dancers. The result was a very diverse community HUMAN ART SCULPTURE..... of mixed ability, race, age......! PRAISE GOD!....... Love His Sonshine

{ http://www.twitvid.com/P6RKJ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0VRuAKq1oA }

ADA at MOSI Merry Lynn Morris & Dwayne Scheuneman Rehearsal

Segways & Wheelchairs & Prototypes & Rehearsals! At MOSI Museum of Science & Industry!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByqAm3SPqFE or http://www.twitvid.com/QWVST

Jazz in a Wheelchair - Merry Lynn Morris & John Parks

Professors Merry Lynn Morris & John Parks of the USF Dance Department demonstrate the prototype wheelchair to the big band music of "In the Mood" at the Marshall Center Ballroom for the Unstoppable USF Campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDvIV0AUd9g or http://www.twitvid.com/DGL69

ADA Alliance Citizens Disabilities Merry Lynn Morris Artistic Director / Choreographer

Two formats.... YouTube or TwitVid .... whichever works best for your computer.
Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2dqcFsc2c or http://www.twitvid.com/ACJDU

Bridging Technology & the Arts Dancing with

Segways & Wheelchairs!

Merry Lynn Morris CNN Interview Dance Chair Honors Dad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQaYyjgGjBg or http://www.twitvid.com/KBXD1

Merry Lynn Morris Dancing Wheelchair Flying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqqxzXKmPM4 or http://www.twitvid.com/DTZJF or http://www.twitvid.com/RPS54

This is an ongoing project from the Rolling Dance Chair Project initiated 10 years ago by Merry Lynn Morris from the inspiration and honor of her Father who is disabled. His disability stems from a severe car accident where two 18 year-old boys crossed the center line and hit him head on. He was in a coma for two months and never expected to live. But, he did indeed... since the 1980's he has been disabled. Merry Lynn wanted to keep dancing with him as she had until she was 12 years old. I wanted to have greater access to him and wanted freedom in mobility and interaction. Together we tinkered with over 6 wheelchairs... and then some! Finally, the project started officially in 2005, and continues in mostly research at USF at http://rdc.arts.usf.edu/

There has been so much publicity and wonderful news coverage.... including CNN http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FQaYyjgGjBg! For the latest Dance Chair prototype upgrade coverage as of 10/2013 see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LvstaT920Rs .  It has truly been an answer to prayers for us with so much encouragement and inspiration ... PRAISE GOD! May the project, the disability, and our inspiration continue to encourage others in the same way we have been... our continuing prayer!

Morris Family

Merry Lynn Morris X & Y Dancing Chairs in Meiosis

"For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said,'For we are also His offspring' .." Acts 17:28

http://www.twitvid.com/VTMAK or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NGcU3lkuN4