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Brent Lott works with Debbie Patterson (center) and Johanna Riley at the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers Studio Tuesday during a dress rehearsal for "Crutch". See release/story. March 25, 2014 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press) MEDIA RELEASE WCD explores effort and ease, function and dysfunction and freedom and constraint with CRUTCH ¤ WCD Premieres New Work By Brent Lott Danced by Debbie Patterson and Johanna Riley March 26-29 & April 3-5 @ 8pm & March 30 @ 3pm The Rachel Browne Theatre, 204-211 Bannatyne Ave. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 21st, 2014 ¤ Winnipeg, MB: ¤Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers is pleased to announce the March 26 ¤premiere of WCD Artistic Director, Brent Lott’s¤ new full length work CRUTCH. ¤ CRUTCH has theatre artist Debbie Patterson joining WCD dancer Johanna Riley on stage to explore new ways of moving through the world. ¤Ms. Patterson was diagnosed with MS fourteen years ago but hasn’t let that stop her from growing and expanding her horizons as an artist. ¤ “My experience with MS has changed the way I approach everything. I notice my relationship with performance changing primarily as a spectator. When I watch a dancer I feel like I can move. I feel my body moving with what I’m seeing”, says Deb. ¤ CRUTCH reveals how people with differing abilities can work together and demonstrates the power of otherly-abled individuals. ¤