News: From Paralysis to performance in just eight months

Tuesday 3 July 2012 by Hannah Dye

Jack Widdowson will return to the stage this Friday. Image: metro.co.uk

Jack Widdowson, 19, was told he might never dance again after he was left paralysed with serious spinal injuries from an attack during a night out with his brothers in Cardiff.

Jack trained at London Contemporary Dance School and is one of the youngest apprentice dancers at Bern:Ballett in Switzerland. Jack returns to the stage this Friday at Tring Education School just eight months after the assault.

Read the full story and watch an interview with Jack and LCDS teacher Dr Mary Evelyn, BBC News, 2 July 2012.

Jack’s family has formed a new charity, Dance Again which will help injured dancers return to performing.

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