Dance to the music?

What I loved about Marilee Matlin was what she said about dancing to her heartbeat, an inner music. She is a communicator, very expressive.
The dancing was impressive in that she is deaf, so an achievement in overcoming a disability, a greater disability than being under 5 feet (Broadway star) or over 62 (Priscilla Presley). I agreed with the judges that points are not given for hardship. this is not "Queen for a Day."
The things to overcome, as usual, are in your mind like little Miss Marissa's inability to stop giggling or Monica Seles' obvious discomfort with the whole deal.