Étienne
Americannoun
noun
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Maija García’s 25-minute “Jazz Island,” accompanied by resonant jazz segments specially composed by Trinidad-born Etienne Charles, is top-heavy with narrative baggage and light on choreographic coherence.
Then there is Ralf Etienne, a banking associate with one leg, who is training to compete in the Winter Paralympics for his home country, Haiti.
Etienne, 36 years old, works for Bank of America BAC -0.24%decrease; red down pointing triangle in London.
“It’s a constant rotation: office, airport, mountain, back to the desk,” Etienne said during an interview.
If he makes it, Etienne will be one of just a few Paralympians who also work on Wall Street, where hard-charging bosses and long hours are the norm.
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