DANCE OF 1000 HANDS...
Read the paragraph below FIRST before you watch the video
There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, which is making
the rounds across the net. Considering the tight coordination required,their
accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf.
Yes, you read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes.
Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these
extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and
stirring.
Its first major international debut was in Athens at the closing ceremonies
for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the
Chinese Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40
countries.
Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine
Arts Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival
this year.
If the video doesn't work, here is the Youtube link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk
Obviously, the video I inserted didn't insert, so enjoy the Youtube link.
Berry
Dear Berry,
Thanks for this link. I was channel surfing once and caught them performing on Jerry Lewis' MDA telethon.The fact that they are deaf makes it an even more amazing performance!
Love,Mary
...isn't it! Can't help thinking of when I was a bartender, centuries ago...one slow night a group of a dozen or so deaf people came in. This will be strange, I thought. They had me turn up the juke box until they could feel the vibrations through the floor, and they danced the night away. Turned out to be one of the noisiest crowds, and the most fun, we ever had.