Don't know why my source didn't send it directly to the chat (the other
source isn't on chat)... Inspirational for all of us. The text differed
in each case, but the videou *URL at the bottom) was the same. As was
the "message": never give up.
From: A. E.
From Original Writer:
When I was in China last month, I saw a Chinese modern dance competition
on TV. One couple won one of the top prizes. The lady has one arm and
the guy has one leg. They performed gracefully and beautifully.
The lady in her 30s was a dancer and was trained as one since she was a
little girl. Later she got into some kind of accident and lost her
entire left arm. She was depressed for a few years. It seemed that
someone asked her to coach a Children's dancing group. From that point
on, she realized she could not forget dancing. She still loved to
dance. She wanted to dance again. So she started to do some of her old
routines. But by her losing an arm, she also lost her balance. It took
a while before she could even making simple turns and spins without
falling. Eventually she got it.
Then she heard some guy in his 20s had lost a leg in an accident. This
guy also fell into the usual denial, depression and anger type of
emotional roller coaster. She looked him up (seemingly he was from a
different Province) and persuaded him to dance with her. He had never
danced. And to dance with one leg? Are you joking with me? No way. But
she didn't give up. He reluctantly agreed. ' I have nothing else to do
anyway.' She started to teach him dancing 101. The two broke up a few
times because the guy had no concept of using muscle, control his body,
and a few other basic things about dancing. When she became frustrated
and lost patience with him, he would walk out. Eventually they came
back together and started training. They hired a choreographer to
design routines for them. She would fly high (held by him) with both
arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air. He could bend horizontally
supported by one leg and she leaning on him, etc. They danced
beautifully and they legitimately beat others in the competition.
From: D.C.
The girl (Ma, Li) was a beautiful promising professional ballerina when
she
lost her right arm in a car accident in 1996. She was only 19. Her
handsome
boy friend walked away from her. She tried to kill herself only to be
saved
by her parents.
In September 2005, she ran into a 21-year-old man (Zhai, Xiaowei). He
was
being trained to be a cyclist for the national special olympics. He had
never danced before. He climbed on a tractor when he was 4 years old and
fell off it and lost his left leg.
In April they were one of the finalists among 7000 competitors in the
4th
CCTV national dance competition. It is the first time a handicapped
couple
ever entered the competition. They won the Silver medal with the 99.17
high
score and the highest audience popular votes. They became an instant
national hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnLVRQCjh8c
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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