The dancer’s name is Marta C. Gonzalez. The former New York City Ballet dancer had Alzheimer’s A former ballerina named Marta C. González, dancing to the music of Swan Lake in a video still from YouTube. However, all it took was the power of music to bring back her precious memories of the bygone ballet years. Article on the mysterious Marta C. Gonzalez from viral Alzheimer's Disease Ballet Video Article on the mysterious Marta C. Gonzalez from viral Alzheimer's Disease Ballet Video By pbl , She seems to have immediately recognized the music to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake when it was played for her as she sat in her wheelchair. They are doing an incredible job. Images recorded in 2019, in Valencia. The former dancer's powerful reaction is heartbreaking, yet an important testimony to the power of music. Marta C. Gonzalez had been a prima ballerina in the 1960s with the New York Ballet – one of the foremost dance companies in the world – but began suffering with Alzheimer’s later in life. The dancer, Marta C Gonzalez, suffers from memory loss which makes her dance all the more poignant, as she remembers decades-old choreography thanks to the power of music. Video from Música para Despertar. Once a dancer, forever a dancer... NYC Prima Ballerina with Alzheimer’s listens to Swan Lake and it all comes back Music: Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky Dancer: Marta C. González, first dancer of the New York Ballet in the 60s. Marta waved her arms around in rhythm to the music just as she would have done when she was younger and dancing in the New York City Ballet. Música para Despertar A touching video showing a former ballet dancer afflicted with memory loss gracefully dancing as she hears the music from Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake has … Marta C. González, a former New York City Ballet prima ballerina, suffered from memory loss in her old age and was bound to a wheelchair.