Tag: lyme disease

Christina Ricucci on Her Life with Lyme Disease

Two years ago, Christina Ricucci, then 15, was living every dancer’s dream. She was training intensively at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, Westside Dance Project and Murrieta Dance Project in Southern California. She earned top awards at competitions, including Teen Best Dancer at The Dance Awards Nationals in 2013. (She even landed on a cover […]

"Be Kind" to Help Christina Ricucci Fight Lyme Disease

(Photo by Erin Baiano) As many of you probably know, our friend Christina Ricucci is going through a really tough time right now. She’s been battling Lyme Disease for several months, and has had an especially difficult time of it during the last couple weeks. Christina is well known in the dance community for her […]