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To: MOM LUANG RAJADARASRI JAYANKUR Cc: Jeffrey [email protected]]; danielsiad siac From: Sent: Mon 11/19/2012 2:16:08 AM Subject: Re: Dance of a Thousand Hands this is wonderful, so well choreographed. thank you for sending. On Nov IS, 2012, at 8:02 PM, MOM LUANG RAJADARASRI JAYANKURA wrote: Amazing: Take a few moments to watch: Sound on: DANCE OF 1000 HANDS Read the paragraph below FIRST before you watch the video (& turn- on speakers) 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 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 EFTA_R1_00466827 EFTA01979298  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. http://www.youtube.com/embed/7vs-H7xLnrs?rel=0 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2629/5896 - Release Date: 11/15/12 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - 1.vv, a‘ com Version: 2012.0.2221 I Virus Database: 2629/5403 - Release Date: 11/18/12 EFTA_R1_00468828 EFTA01979299