When Ruggiero was 16, a dance teacher had shown him a video of "Peg Leg" Bates, a one-legged dancer who wound up on the Ed Sullivan show. Ruggiero had searched for it online, just like Abri had done.
A young dancer from Arizona was shocked to meet a man she calls her inspiration. Abri Bentley, 11, lost her leg to cancer recently but is determined not to give up her passion for dance. She caught ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Famed 20th-century entertainer and Kerhonkson resort owner Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates never let adversity stand in his way. Ulster County is honoring Bates’ legacy this month with a ...
DANVILLE — After meeting dancer and actor Evan Ruggiero, known as “Peg Leg,” Karen Gronsky invited him to to travel here and speak in August. “Everybody needs to hear his story. He is one of the most ...