Her Body Told Her “Stop”… She Kept Dancing

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AI GeneratedBrian Olay, a dancer diagnosed with epilepsy at 18, shares his journey of overcoming seizures that were specifically triggered by learning choreography. He performs a powerful piece dedicated to his younger self, earning a standing ovation and four \"yes\" votes from the judges on Canada's Got Talent.
Hi, what's your name?
My name is Brian Olay.
So what is it you do?
I'm a dancer.
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Yeah, so I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 18 years old,
but two years prior to that I was dealing with undiagnosed seizures.
Oh, wow.
Yeah, and but you dance.
What does it dance?
Does it help with that?
It's actually triggered specifically by dance.
Yeah, whenever I would learn choreography, my brain and body
would completely shut down and send me into a full seizure.
Wow.
Yeah.
So tell me why are you here today?
I'm dancing to Whitney Houston.
I didn't know my own strength and reflecting back to being in the
situation when I was 16, 17 years old.
I really didn't know how strong I was and dance never gave up on
me and I never gave up on dance.
And so this run is for 16 year old Briar.
Briar, I can't wait to see what you give us.
Thank you.
The stage is yours.
Thank you guys.
Thank you.
Wow.
Whoa.
Wow.
How do you feel?
Honestly, I'm just so proud of myself.
Yeah, you should be.
The storytelling was beautiful.
I love that it told your struggle.
It was there was soft moments, but then there was like, you know,
hard strong moments.
So thank you for bringing it to our stage and I'm proud of you
too.
It's really great.
Thank you.
You were perfect.
Oh my gosh.
And I believe that you just set the bar for what dance should
look like on this stage for this season.
Thank you so much.
That was worthy of a million-dollar season here on Canada's Got Talent.
Thank you so much.
Why don't you start the voting?
Yes.
Lily.
Yes, my friend Cardi.
Four yeses because I got a yes for you as well.
Amazing.
Thank you guys.
Thank you.
