I know I normally post jokes, etc but a friend who is deaf sent this to me...unbelievable talent---be sure and read blurb before clicking on link.....WOW!!!! Something serious from the kitty??? Yeah, I.m getting old!
Enjoy....
DANCE OF 1000 HANDS...
Read the paragraphs below FIRST before you watch the video
There 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.
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.
There is also a dance called Thousand Hand Budda and it shows the trainers giving the hand signals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk 
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