The Deaf Boy in the World posted the video (unfortunately, it's not captioned) below that shows the 320 deaf and hard of hearing dancers from China in the opening ceremonies of the Paralympics:
From the Bejing 2008 Paralympic Games website:
The show, carefully prepared over nearly two years, was staged in a fairy-tale setting which had the entire stadium floor draped in blue and placed a glittering "white jade plate," 72 meters in diameter, in the center.
A young man who sings in a magnetic voice, an angel-faced 12-year-old girl who has a crazy love for ballet, and 320 pretty young women dressed in pure white silk gowns who float on the stage like fairies ... all looked so perfect and romantic until the large screens in the stadium revealed the cruel truth: the singer was born into total darkness, the ballet girl lost her left leg in the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake, and the 320 dancers are all with hearing impairment.
Here are more articles on the Paralympic opening night:
China Turns on Another Stunning Show
China Dazzles the World with Paralympic Opening Show
China Lights Paralympics Torch
The USA Paralympic site:
USA Paralympics
To all the Paralympic athletics-- may you acheive your full potential at these Games!
