[BITList] The Dance of 1000 Hands.

[John Feltham]

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> THE DANCE OF 1000 HANDS...
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> (Read the paragraphs below FIRST before you watch the video}
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> This is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guan Yin, 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk

ooroo

Bad typists of the word, untie.




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