- Yes, I am a dancer.

- You're a dancer, too?

- Yeah.

- Elmo just goes like this.

(child laughing)

(Elmo laughing)

(light gentle music)

- Hi. - Hi.

- I'm Moses.

- Hi, I'm Samantha.

Do you know what we're here to talk about today?

- Hmm,

are you an artist?

Because Frida Kahlo is also in a wheelchair

and she was a really great artist from Mexico.

- Wow! Okay, I'm blown away. (child giggles)

(Samantha laughs)

- I'm a dancer.

- [Abby] I love that because dance combines movement

and music.

- Wait, you're a dancer?

- Yeah, so I'm on a dance team

with eight other women, - (puppet giggles)

- and they're all in wheelchairs as well.

- Do you have a team name?

- We're the "Rollettes".

- Oh, I like the name. - [Samantha] Yeah, yeah.

- So your team is like,

everyone has like a disability?

- Mm-hmm, yeah. We're all in wheelchairs.

- [Child] Oh.

- [Samantha] Yeah. - Wait, everyone?

- Yes - Oh my gosh, that's so cool.

- Yeah.

- What are you looking at?

- Well, I'm trying to figure out how do you dance?

- So I dance with my wheelchair.

My wheelchair is basically my legs.

What your legs are to you,

my wheelchair is to me.

- Wow!

- Is it hard to dance in a wheelchair?

- It's a little bit hard.

I have feeling from here up.

So kind of from here down,

it's a little hard to like

find balance and get situated,

but, for the most part,

we adapt things and make it work for us.

- Like, what can you do?

- So I'm able to do wheelies

and I'm able to hold my balance in it.

I'm able to do some spins.

- That sounds so fun!

(group laughs)

- What's your superpower?

Because people with disabilities

tend to have the greatest superpowers.

- So I think my superpower is my disability.

Do you guys have any special superpowers?

- Well, one of my superpowers growing up was kindness.

And now,

another superpower that I have is love too.

- Oh, I love that.

- I think kindness, love and knowledge.

Cause you know, so much. - Thank you.

- You're really smart.

- Thank you. (Samantha giggles)

- Can you show me one of your dance moves?

Like your coolest one.

- Yeah, my wheelies.

- Oh yeah. I wanna see. - Yeah, I'll show you that.

All right.

(whimsical music) (child laughs)

- Oh! She's spinning. - Wow!

(whimsical music)

- Oh! Beautiful arms.

- And then we have like a duck waddle.

We like to call it.

- Oh.

(whimsical music)

(child and Abby giggle)

- Wow.

- I loved it. (Abby laughs)

- I'm like, how does she do that?

- So what is your favorite dance pose?

- So it usually is a hand on the hip,

- On the hip.

- and then a little pizzazz on the hand.

- And then like a little pizzazz.

- Yeah. There you go. - I do it.

- And then you can do a little shake

if you want to.

- Oh, that's good. - (Elmo and child giggle)

- I Love that.

Perfect. (Everyone giggles)

- I like the flap flap flutter flap.

- And how does that one go?

- You go flap flap flutter flap.

And then I like to go.

Woo.

(child laughs)

- I love that. You have your own little song with it too.

- Yes.

- Have you ever danced?

- Yes. I am a dancer.

- You're a dancer too?

- Yeah. I mostly like to do hip hop

but, I do like to do lyrical and jazz too.

- Well, that's amazing! (child giggles)

- Thanks. (Elmo and child giggle)

- Elmo just go like this.

(everyone giggles)

- Do you dance?

- No, not really.

- [Samantha} No? (puppet giggles)

- Do you just dance when no one is looking

or in your room?

- Ummmm

- It's ok to say if you do.

I won't tell anybody.

- I do. - Ack!

- Did you use a wheelchair when you were kid?

- I didn't.

I started using a wheelchair when I was 17

and that's when I was injured and

- Aw

- I've gotten used to it.

I like to say that it's home.

- How do you feel being in a wheelchair?

- I have good days and bad days.

Just like everybody else.

There isn't really anything that I can't do.

- Wow. That's pretty cool. (puppet laughs)

- [Samantha} Yeah.

- It is.

- Did kids tease you about your wheelchair

in the first place?

- Everyone was actually very welcoming.

So I didn't dance prior to my accident

and getting involved with the team

opened up the world to me

with like my community and my disability.

What is your community?

- My dog.

- So many people and monsters

and grouches and honkers and birds.

Wait, are we a community now?

- I think so.

- Yeah. - Oh wow.

- Growing up, there was a lot of things

where I felt out of place

and like I was trying to find where I belonged.

And after my injury and finding the team,

I definitely feel like I found where I belong.

Is there any particular time where you feel like you belong?

- This is one of the times. (child giggles)

I like talking

and I kind of like making friends.

- I love that.

- Do you wanna be dancing forever?

- I would definitely love to.

Even if I'm not professionally dancing

or in a performance,

I think dance is something

that's gonna be in me, regardless.

- That's so cool.

I feel like I'm gonna keep dancing

for the rest of my life.

- It's really great to have a passion.

- Yeah.

- And when you keep working at it,

you just get better and better at it.

- Yeah.

Thank you so much Sam! - Thank you.

- Elmo's really happy

to have both of you as friends.

- Yeah. Thank you. (Elmo giggles)

- Can Elmo have a hug?

- Yes

- Aw, thank you.

And one more hug, one more,

come on bring it in.

- Of course, of course of course.

- Aw thank you. ( Elmo giggles)