For her, sign language is a great art form
By Lin Qi | China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-10 07:36
For Li Wenqian, sign language is more than a means of communication; it's an art form.
And both the meanings were on show when she led 109 hearing-impaired dancers to perform at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony on Saturday.
With the help of three colleagues, the China Disabled People's Art Troupe dance instructor used sign language to instruct the dancers during the Non-stop Dance Moves show. The performers had put ballet shoes on their hands and knelt around 12-year-old Li Yue, moving their arms as if they were legs.
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