The dance:" the Thousand-handed Goddess"

The dance called the Thousand-handed Goddess which performed by China Disabled People's Arts Troupe at the CCTV spring festival evening party 2005.

The dancers are 20 deaf people. When they were dancing, there were 4 people standing on the stage of the four corners. Four people used sign language to tell them the rhythm of the music.

There is a story about that, we know that they practice was very hard, because they did not hear the rhythm of the music. However, one day, their dance tutor saw four girls sitting next to large speakers, ear tightly close to the speaker, the kids want to feel the beat of the music through the speakers "vibration". Thus, when they practiced，they would turn the music loudly, and then, they lie on the floor, vaguely feel the vibration of rhythm through the floor. Meanwhile, they used film projectors to flash some imagery on screens, make them feel music.

This case study make me think about Cymatics. It can express the patterns though vibration to realize the sound visualization. However, the deaf people can see the voice through sign language.