WATCHING her shimmy up a pole and then spin and twirl around with gravity-defying grace isn’t just a spectacular sight – it’s nothing short of miraculous.
Kaitlin Rawson might very well be in a wheelchair today instead of treating the pole as her aerial dance partner. Seven years ago she was training for her first competition when the unthinkable happened: she fell and broke her neck.
“I was in a class that I attended every week. We were trying a new move called a brass bridge – you’re basically upside down, holding onto the pole with the back of one leg and your hands are above your head,” Kaitlin (26) recalls.
