Infinity Dance Theater’s free Wheelchair Dance Technique Workshop for Teachers
Complimentary Professional Development Opportunity led by Kitty Lunn, Artistic Director
Friday, May 10, 2019 – 2-6pm – Gibney (280 Broadway – entrance at 53A Chambers)
(10 participants maximum, sharing 5 wheelchairs – studio details to follow for those who register)
To express interest in participating in Infinity’s teacher training workshop, please email Chris at chris@infinitydance.com (or phone 917/204-8294). Can’t make this session, but interested? Send us a message!
Through this hands-on, dynamic session for dance teachers and dance education students, Kitty Lunn introduces participants to the dance transposition techniques she has developed for working with people with disabilities who are interested in studying ballet and modern dance. Rather than introducing a separate system, the curriculum enables participants to begin transposing the work they are already covering in their classes and performances.
Kitty Lunn began her study of ballet at an early age, and at 15 she was dancing principal roles with the New Orleans Civic Ballet, where she made her professional debut in Coppelia. Her work in New Orleans led to a scholarship to the Washington Ballet where she studied and worked with both Mary Day and the great ballet master Edward Caton. Numerous ballets in which she danced include Swan Lake, Giselle, Les Sylphides, and The Nutcracker. While in Washington, Ms. Lunn worked with such dance legends as Martha Graham, Agnes DeMille, Jose Limon, and Erik Bruhn. While preparing for her first Broadway show, she slipped on ice, fell down a flight of stairs, and broke her back. Now a paraplegic using a wheelchair, Kitty Lunn works diligently on behalf of performing artists with disabilities. In fall 1995, she founded Infinity Dance Theater, a New York City-based company that expands the boundaries of dance and changes perceptions of what a dancer can be. Ms. Lunn is a Registered Dance Educator and a frequent guest teacher at New York University.
Infinity is able to offer this introductory workshop at no charge thanks to generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (in partnership with the City Council), and the Harkness Foundation for Dance.