Celeste Dandeker OBE (born c. 1952) is a British dancer who fell and was left with quadriplegia.
She was a promising dancer but when dancing the lead at Manchester Opera House on 8 December 1973 she misjudged a somersault and ended up landing on her chin.
This one-off request led to her being invited to teach dance to people with disabilities by Adam Benjamin.
Dandekar was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours "for services to Dance and to Disabled People.
"[5] The dancers that they started with stayed for eight years[4] and in 1999 she gave up dancing to concentrate on the artistic direction of CanDoCo.