NAP- Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket

Incredible show of abilities

Deaf Dancers from China

Dance of a thousand hands. This could take quite awhile to download
without a high speed connection. However, it is well worth the wait. I
doubt if you have ever seen anything quite like it.

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 last year 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 during 2006 .
Be sure your sound is on.

http://www.dharmasite.net/thousandhandguanyin.wmv

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Chinese Dancers- all who are deaf