“I didn’t know any amputees. I really had no idea that my life could continue and resemble what it had been before in any way.”
A decade into her career as a performer and teacher, Ball makes it all look easy. But after becoming a double amputee a few years ago, she’s had to work hard to get back in the air and reclaim her identity as an athlete.A police dog found her six days later, unconscious and suffering from extreme frostbite. Doctors amputated her damaged feet and part of her lower legs.
She arranged to hang her silks at a friend’s fitness studio. The ceiling was lower than ideal and she was out of shape. Ball slowly made her way up several flights of stairs to the space. She began with the skills she’d taught in beginner classes, tying knots around her prosthetic feet and standing up on the fabric. She quickly realized a lot of things wouldn’t work the way they had before. Her new feet wouldn’t flex, a key motion that helps aerialists brace themselves on the silks.
“Creatively that just opened up so much,” she says. “I’ve created all kinds of climbs that probably a lot of people can’t do, because I can fit into smaller spaces and just kind of sneak my legs through.” Ball has now has a community of below-knee amputees to consult, but they have different kinds of feet and different size limbs. “People can give me ideas, but I really have to figure out what is going to work for me,” she says.
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