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Push Girls, Colours n’ Motion take NYC streets by storm (VIDEO)

By April MacIntyre Jun 5, 2012, 4:18 GMT

In honor of the new Sundance Channel hit series \'Push Girls,\' there was wheel turning, calorie burning and dance routines galore on May 31 in NYC to celebrate the new show.

In honor of the new Sundance Channel hit series 'Push Girls,' there was wheel turning, calorie burning and dance routines galore on May 31 in NYC to celebrate the new show.

Heads turned and eyes widened, as wheelchair dance routines took place all around New York City on May 31st, featuring members of the wheelchair dance troupe Colours n’ Motion, stars Auti Angel and Mia Schaikewitz of the new Sundance Channel docu-series Push Girls, as well as other wheelchair performers and break-dancers. 

“Push Girls,” premieres tonight June 4th at 10 PM ET/PT, as it traces the lives of four dynamic, outspoken and beautiful women who, by accident or illness, have been paralyzed from the neck or the waist down.

On Thursday, May 31, three high-energy never-before-seen wheelchair pop up dance routines pushed through boundaries and surprise passerby’s in three New York City hot spots.

1:00 P.M.  –  Flatiron Pedestrian Plaza

Broadway btw. 23rd and 24th)

4:00 P.M. –   Merchant’s Gate (entrance to Central Park at Columbus Circle)