Published 20:13 IST, November 10th 2020

Former Ballerina with Alzheimer's recalls her moves to Swan Lake; Watch

The video that is leaving thousands of internet users across the globe teary-eyed shows a former prima ballerina diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease dancing.

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A video that is leaving thousands of internet users across globe teary-eyed and has gone viral shows a former prima ballerina diagsed with Alzheimer’s disease dancing to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. First posted on Twitter on vember 9, short clip has alrey garnered more than 5.5 million views. It features former prima ballerina Marta C. González, who died in 2019, performing moves that she recalls while sitting on her wheelchair. According to post, she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and died after disease that was even affecting her memory. 

However, what moved internet users was that despite versities created by disease, Marta can be seen forming an immediate connection with music in same manner as she danced on st at New York City Ballet. netizens closely ted similarity between steps she performed from her wheelchair and st performance and were seen ‘highly impressed’ by same. netizens overwhelmingly agreed that connection between an individual and music once formed, is eternal. Watch:

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‘This is beautiful’

Tens of thousands of netizens commented and reacted to viral video and said that “this is beautiful”. While some talked about ir own experience as a dancer, singer, performer and recalling love for music, ors simply ored Marta and lauded her ‘fighter’ spirit. Even though she died in 2019, many internet users kept wishing best for her soul and promised to ‘never forget’ someone like her. Many ors talked about ‘beauty’ of ballet and how emotional it is to let go of an art form you ore all your life. 

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20:13 IST, November 10th 2020