The Link, September 16, 2008

Feature article: And The Beat Goes On, by Terrine Friday

 

Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli lets us into his life.

He goes to university, has a car, works part-time, and practises his passion for dance and movement through breaking, or B-boying.

And whatever he doesn’t have, he goes out and gets.

“Once I make my first million, I’ll buy my plane,” he says.

With his newfound fame, Patuelli says it’s normal to catch people eyeing him in the streets. “But I don’t know if they’re looking at me because they recognize me, or because they’re curious.”

Patuelli, known to his b-boy crew and fans as Lazylegz, was born with a congenital condition called arthrogryposis, which leaves the bones and muscle tissue in his legs a little lazier than the average person.

“I never saw myself as disabled,” says Patuelli. “Not that it’s a negative thing. I just don’t think that I ever was.” ...

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