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https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8494576/wollongong-born-dancer-shares-her-struggle-with-long-covid/>
'Early last year, Wollongong-born dancer Riley Lapham was one of the rising
stars of Australian ballet.
One of five young dancers vying for a $25,000 prize in the Telstra Ballet
Dancer of the Year Award, the 23-year-old did interviews and photoshoots
showing a glamorous day-in-the-life of a full time dancer.
"I was young, fit, an athlete," she said.
"Seven-to-eight hours a day of rehearsals and classes, an hour of pilates,
strength training, and performing eight shows a week for two thirds of the
year."
She'd been nominated for hard work, improvement and potential within the
Australian Ballet Company and was looking forward to a year performing her
first principal role, dancing in her favourite ballet
Swan Lake, and
travelling to London with the company for her first overseas performances.
But then a bout of COVID knocked her out.
And it never went away.
Now nine months in, Riley is one of hundreds of thousands of Australians who
are estimated to have long COVID.
She wants people to know what she's been through to increase the awareness of
the new and little understood condition.'
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: January 25, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-97166797
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
