Wheelchair tango dancer on a roll

24 August 2015 - 02:01
By ©The Daily Telegraph

A dancer in a wheelchair has challenged stereotypes at the world tango championships. Gabriela Fernanda Torres, 37, who has been paralysed since a car accident when she was two, said she found dancing "liberating".The Argentinian said she was determined her disability would not stop her dancing.In Friday's preliminary round in Buenos Aires, Torres wore a black dress, moving in sync with the music.

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