Bill Shannon (PopTech)

2007
Bill Shannon dances — on four legs. Born with a bilateral hip deformity, this ingenious performance artist's work will challenge your notions of disability.

Original Website : PopTech.org
http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/bill_shannon__poptech_2007

Biography :
Bill Shannon (born 1970) is an American artist who resides in Brooklyn. Shannon holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born with a degenerative hip condition, he developed a way to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shannon

External Links : * Official site : http://www.whatiswhat.com/ * Turning the Tables: Artist and performer Bill Shannon keeps audiences off balance (Pittsburgh City Paper) : http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24861 * Boundaries Blurred: Hip Hop Dance and Disability : http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=132 * Bill Shannon 'Crutchmaster' in his acclaimed work, Spatial Theory : http://www.danceumbrella.com/BillShannon.htm * Visa advert : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6RGyJirL3g

Video source file :
Quicktime Video (.M4V) http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll/billshannon.mov?pt=rd&sdm=web&...
Audio (.MP3) http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll/billshannon.mp3?pt=rd&sdm=web&...

All PopTech videos have a Creative Commons license : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
as mentionned here http://www.poptech.org/popcasts

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