The Rollettes is a wheelchair dance team from Los Angeles, it was created to empower women with disabilities to live boundlessly, as well as shift perspectives on disability through dance. It was founded in 2012 by Chelsie Hill and at the time it was known as Walk and Roll and Team Hot Wheels before that. It was made up of six women who performed all across the country at different abilities expos and festivals.
Chelsie Hill is the owner and CEO of the Rollettes dance team company, at the age of 17 Chelsie was involved in a drunk driving car accident that unfortunately caused irreversible damage to her spinal cord and meant she was unable to walk. Before the Rollettes Chelsie was also one of the stars of the Sundance TV reality series that followed the lives of four women with disabilities who were also full-time wheelchair users. #ChelsieHill #CEO #Boundlessbabe
The Boundless Babes Society is a mentorship program that was created as a way to connect women with disabilities all around the world. The idea for the society was created after the little sisters' program was created initially and after some discussions that Chelsie was having with women within the community who didn’t have that support system in place where they could connect with people who were similar to them that they could relate to and build relationships with. The aim of the BBS society is to teach each member how to become leaders in their communities and most importantly leaders in their own lives. #BBS #Boundlessbabessociety
The mentorship program is divided into three stages over a six-month period. I am currently at the end of month five going to month six of Stage 1 – as a #BBS girl you get access to the exclusive #BBS area on the Rollettes website, where you are given two videos each month discussing a different topic and how it can be used to help you achieve your goals it could be things like learning to drive, moving out, starting that passion project, finishing school or college whatever the case may be. A huge part of this program is the instant community that you become connected with whether it’s through the monthly stage zooms with all the girls or through the Facebook groups or when you find your accountability partners who have similar interests or goals or who live the closest to you and you can connect with each other and start building new and meaningful friendships as well as achieving your goals! 😊
So far five months into the program I can honestly say that it’s the best thing that I’ve done for myself in such a long time, especially over the past year or so with the state the worlds in. The whole process has helped me figure out what my goals are and tips on how to achieve them including always celebrating the little wins but the part I found the most useful were the video topics where we would discuss the importance of the choices you make, finding what makes you look and therefore feel confident and the importance of accountability both with your #BBS girls but most importantly the accountability you have with yourself.
Another HUGE part of the #BBS mentorship program is that depending on each girls situation, there is a Rollettes Dance Experience that is held in Los Angeles at the end of July each year where a three-day event takes place in a massive ballroom full of women and girls in wheelchairs where they can connect and meet in person but they can also attend dance classes, workshops, and PJ parties as well as seminars and panels including some special guest speakers and cocktail mixers.
Thankfully this year the experience is going to be able to be attended virtually for those that are unable to make the in person event, how it works is that once you register for the event (there is a registration fee for both events) you are then sent other information about the event including hotel information. How the virtual event works is that you are able to watch the dance classes, work shops and seminars at home via zoom. I for one am happy to hear about the virtual event It is great to hear that the in-person event is happening this year on the 23rd ofJuly2021. #Rollettesdanceexpereince #Rollettesdanceteam
To find out more about the #Rollettes the #Rollettesdanceexperience and the other things I mentioned in this post you can click the links below to find out more.
#Rollettes Dance official website:
#Rollettesdanceexperience information :
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