This has been forwarded to me by my friend Ginger and is definitely one of the most inspiring Videos I have seen. This is the Story:
In a Chinese modern dance competition on TV one very unique couple won oneof the top prizes. The lady, in her 30's, was a dancer who had trainedsince she was a little girl. Later in life, she lost her entire leftarm in an accident and fell into a state of depression for a few years.Someone then asked her to coach a Children's dancing group. From that pointon, she realized that she could not forget dancing. She still loved todance and wanted to dance again. So, she started to do some of her oldroutines, but, having lost her arm, she had also lost her balance.
It took a while before she could even make simple turns and spins withoutfalling. Then she heard of a man in his 20s who had lost a leg in an accident. He had also fallen into the usual denial, depression and anger type of emotional roller coaster. But, she was determined to find him and persuade 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, and he reluctantly agreed thinking, "I have nothing else to do anyway." She started to teach him dancing. The two brokeup a few times because he had no concept of using muscle, how to control his body, and knew none of the basic things about dancing.When she became frustrated and lost patience with him, he would walkout. Eventually, they came back together and started training seriously.
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 with her leaning onhim, etc. In the competition, as you will see, they dance beautifully and they legitimately won the competition. View their dance on You Tube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DArfA2kvP3Y&feature=related
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