Bill Shannon is a dancer/media artist who was born with a degenerative hip condition where his legs cannot support his weight so he must use crutches to get around. He’s developed a personal style of skateboarding/breakdancing that implements the crutches.
Check out the RJD2 video featuring one continuous shot of Shannon in NYC:
There’s also a short doc on Shannon with more footage of his performance art:
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Justin Dickinson
wow, that is seriously bad ass
July 31st, 2007 at 10:41 am“how space and time and your presence intersect” - thats what i think of when i saw these videos - the music kind of brings that out…but you know what else i liked - the part about assumptions…
July 31st, 2007 at 6:09 pmit’s really interesting how prejudice doesn’t seem to apply when it’s in a positive form, like offering help to a person on crutches or even assuming a woman needs help carrying something (which I see as chivalrous and will continue to do, thank you very much).
July 31st, 2007 at 6:20 pm