By Abigael T. Sidi

Growing up in Dallas, Mary Six Rupert danced her heart out at every opportunity. She dreamed of being hired by anyone who could pay her to do what she loved the most, and she practiced for hours upon hours.

Her hard work paid off: Rupert went on to become a Radio City Rockette, first as a “regular” dancer, and later as the dance captain. She also taught at Wagner College, the Juilliard School, and the Broadway Dance Center, as well as internationally in Paris, Vienna, Germany, and Japan.

Today, she lives on the Upper West Side and runs her own company, Tap: On Tap . But it’s not just any dance company: Tap: On Tap includes both professional tap dancers and dancers in wheelchairs, who use special gloves of Rupert’s invention to tap with their hands instead of their

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