2 Wheelchair Dancers Stun Melissa McCarthy On Little Big Shots
In a beautiful performance on Little Big Shots, two wheelchair dancers stun Melissa McCarthy with their talents.
Little Big Shots is a show created by Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa McCarthy, and Ben Falcone that celebrates a new generation of remarkable young people. In this season, Melissa meets with some of the most inspiring, talented, and hilarious little kids from all over the world. The kids share their remarkable stories on the show and show off their unique talents for the audience. According to their YouTube page, the show is “a celebration of how resilient, funny, and inspiring kids can be when we allow them to be unabashedly themselves. They may be little, but their hearts are big.”
In this portion of the show, Mayli and Chelsie Hill perform an inspiring wheelchair dance routine. The song that they are dancing to is “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman.
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me”
The powerful lyrics in this song match the powerful performance that these girls put on. At one point during their dance, a large banner comes down from the ceiling with phrases on it that say, “she can’t,” “confined,” “poor quality of life,” “will never,” and other negative phrases. Then, the younger dancer, Mayli, rips the banner apart and moves forward on the stage as the audience cheers.
As the girls are spinning around the floor, they hold up signs that say “strong,” “capable,” “beautiful,” and “brave.” It is empowering to see, and the audience is on their feet clapping and cheering for the girls.
“That was just amazing. An incredible dance,” Melissa McCarthy says after their performance. “There’s one more thing…our very good friends at Caulipower are donating $10,000 to you and your family so that you can keep on dancing and inspiring us all. Because we need you to keep doing your art.”
What a beautiful sight to see that these girls don’t let their disability keep them from doing what they love and sharing that joy with others!