Bettina Bechgaard was a young dancer from Surrey. As a school student, she participated in many dancing competitions. Later, she became a student of Royal Ballet School and then she switched over to the London Studio Centre. In three years, she became a popular student in her clsaa. When she was in the final year, she was about to dance a main part in the London Studio Centre's year end-show. She was excited about the show.

One Friday afternoon in June, 1990, when she was going to market, ahigh-speeding car dashed against her. She was badly wounded. She became unconscious. she was taken to a nearby hospital. Her right leg has back of her head.

In the opertaion theatre, the surgeon inserted a rod in her right leg. Her injured arm was fitted with aplate and the gash in her head was closed up with 14 sitches. After the operation, she was having a burning sensation all over the body and she was not able to breathe. An Italian lady encourged her by saying that she was reborn for a reason. Soon, she started doing excercises to restore flexibility and improve blood circulation.

Bettina came back home to Surrey. She began her daily physiotherapy sessions. She began to walk with the help of crutches. When her walking improved, she wanted to return to the dance school. Her teacher offered to help her. He gave her movements which she could do. He also her special excercises to develop her leg muscles. Bettina practised hard, but she was not able to perfrom certain movements. she got frustrated and shouted at everyone. Brain Roet, a physchologist, helped her to overcome her fear and frustration. Bettina gained courage  and returned to the classes.

After aperiod of hard practice, Bettina was ready to participate in the year -ebd-show. In March 1992, she danced the Faust role specially choreographed for her two years ago. She could perform pirouettes and arabesques with an occasional wobbling. But, she was determined to improve steadily. Barry had taught her that she could do anything with a strong mind.