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* Dancing with One Leg and One Arm *
To see the couple dance,
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When I was in China last month, I saw a Chinese
modern dance competition on TV. One couple won the top prize. The lady
had one arm and he had 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. As a teenage she got into an accident and lost her entire
left arm and was depressed for a number of years.
Later in her 20s she was asked to coach a children's dancing group and
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 her a while before she could even
make simple turns and spins without falling. With persistence she became
better and better.
She heard of a man in his 20s that had lost his leg in an accident. He
also fell into the usual denial, depression and the emotional roller
coaster of anger. She was able to locate him in another province and
after much conversation 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 anyway," he said.
She started to teach him Dancing 101. The two broke up a number of times
because he had no concept of how to use his muscles, control his body,
or even the basic dancing steps.
When she would became frustrated and lose patience with him, he would
leave. Eventually they came back together and started training.
They hired a choreographer to design routines for them. She would fly
high being held by him flying in the air with both his arms while she
had only a sleeve for one arm.
He could bend horizontally supported by one leg with a crutch for the
other and she leaning on him. They danced beautifully and on their own
merits beat the others in the competition.
To see the couple dance,
click here
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