Watertown Commission on Disability

This is one ”reality show” that I actually enjoy —  I love to watch dancing. This new edition with Marlee Matlin is inspiring me to pull a group of friends together to take some lessons! (I have two left feet that have nothing to do my hearing loss!).

Marlee Matlin ready for ‘Dancing With the Stars’ debut
By Sandy Cohen | The Associated Press7:47 AM EDT, March 11, 2008

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. – Marlee Matlin had never danced before—well, other than at weddings and bar mitzvahs—but for the past two weeks, she’s been cha-cha-ing and quickstepping for seven hours a day in preparation for her “Dancing With the Stars” debut.

Despite the unforgiving schedule and complaints of constant soreness from past contestants, Matlin, 42, says she’s remained pain-free.

“Everyone asks if I’m sore,” she said after a recent rehearsal at a nondescript dance studio northeast of Los Angeles. “Am I supposed to be sore?”

Perhaps not. She is, however, supposed to step, twirl, dip, smile, clap, spin, plant and jump—all imaginable types of body and facial movements, really—in time with the music. Never mind that the Academy Award-winning actress can’t hear a single note, beat, or tempo change. [continued …]