Wheelchair Dancer Kitty Lunn to Perform in Adelphi University’s New Performing Arts Center

In observance of Disability Awareness Week, Adelphi University will host a variety of events to celebrate the talents of the millions of Americans with disabilities and raise awareness to disability issues through dance performances and educational workshops.
 
Professional dancer Kitty Lunn will perform in Adelphi’s dance theatre in the new Performing Arts Center as part of Disability Awareness Week. Ms. Lunn decided that a career-destroying accident would not prevent her from continuing to dance. More than 20 years ago, while preparing for her first Broadway show, she slipped on ice, fell down a flight of stairs, and broke her back. Now a paraplegic (paralyzed from the hips down), she uses a custom built ultra-light wheelchair to perform and glide around a stage. Her legs are motionless, but she dances with her upper body, moving with the flowing gestures of classical ballet and modern dance.

She has not let disability slow her down. She founded Infinity Dance Theater, a non-traditional dance company featuring dancers with and without disabilities, in 1995. Infinity is committed to bringing the joy and drama of motion and movement to a new level of inclusion by expanding the boundaries of dance and changing the world’s perception of what a dancer is. To this end, Ms. Lunn has traveled around the world performing and teaching her methods to other people with disabilities.
The Kitty Lunn ticketed event (free and open to the public) is presented by the College of Arts and Sciences with the Dance Department and in association with the Committee for Individuals with Disabilities.

WHEN:
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
 
WHERE:
Adelphi University, Dance Theatre, Performing Arts Center
1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY