Tai Lihua, lead dancer.There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, that 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, your 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 China 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. More info about the dance here.
Video of 千手观音 here (15.2 mb, wmv) and here (15.6 mb, wmv). Recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival celebrations this year. You won't regret it. Their performance moved me to tears.
Yes, your 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 China 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. More info about the dance here.
Video of 千手观音 here (15.2 mb, wmv) and here (15.6 mb, wmv). Recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival celebrations this year. You won't regret it. Their performance moved me to tears.
2 comments:
she looks like she really has many hands. very scary...
Yupz... but really, you shld watch it. The lighting, music and movement is really SUPERB!
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