Break Dancing - Break dancing is danced to funk or hip hop music generally and is often remixed to make the "breaks" last longer. We have and link to sites that offer help on how to breakdance, video clips, moves, MP3s & accidents.
Shannon break dance videos. Bill Shannon AKA Crutch has Perthes' disease, also known as Legg-Calve-Perthes' disease, and so he uses his own custom crutches to break dance and skate in his own style.
Bill Shannon AKA Crutch has Perthes' disease, also known as Legg-Calve-Perthes' disease. Bill says he technically doesn't
have the disease now, but rather what is left behind because of it.
A little about the disease
It is characterized by loss of circulation to the head of the femur (the ball of the hip) in a growing child resulting in
avascular necrosis (death of bone cells in the head of the femur). This is typically followed by revascularization over a
period of 18 to 24 months. During the period of revascularization, the bone is soft and liable to fracture under
pressure, causing collapse of the head of the femur. Over time, the head of the femur heals and remodels in the collapsed
position, resulting in a nonspherical shape. This leads to stiffness and pain.
Video Clips - Breakdance video clips of a range of different people and competitions. More videos can be found throughout the rest of the site and at the many websites we link to.
The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
Creative Time
- Some questions and answers regarding Bill Shannon AKA Crutch and about when the "Shannon break dance" came about. www.creativetime.org
Muhlenburg Weekly
- Crutchmaster has leg up on dance performance! A 2 page article on the Shannon break dance, and various info regarding Bill sometimes grabbing the back of a cab on his skateboard as a quick way to get around. media.www.muhlenbergweekly.com
MySpace TV
- 10 minute video on the 'Shannon break dance' style. A glimpse into the world of CRUTCH, an indie documentary by Sachi Cunningham and Chandler Evans. vids.myspace.com
More on Bill Shannon
The 'Shannon break dance' regularly shows in the United States and at contemporary art and dance festivals in France, the
United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland and Jordan. He has a bachelor's degree from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago.
Bill Shannon is a self-styled interdisciplinary artist, but he is known in the club dance world as "the CrutchMaster." He
has invented a unique technique for dancing on crutches, the Shannon Technique that derives from his extensive experience
in their use as a mobility aid.
In fact, until Varekai, he was the only practitioner of this technique. "In my choreography, I aim to merge the Shannon
Technique with freestyle street dancing, skateboarding and silent film poetics," he explains.
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