It happened in China. ( An
article found for me by Sheila Hill
of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada )
and is available on "UTube."
And
PLEASE
read the story
before
looking at the video.
Here's their story ...
In a Chinese modern dance
competition on TV, one very unique
couple won one of the top prizes.
The lady, in her 30's, was a dancer
who had trained since she was a
little girl. Later in life, she lost
her entire left arm 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 point on, she
realized that she could not forget
dancing. She still loved to dance
and wanted to dance again. So, she
started to do some of her old
routines, but having lost her arm,
she had also lost her balance. It
took a while before she could even
make simple turns and spins without
falling. 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 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 101. The two broke
up 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 walk
out. 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 on him, etc. In
the competition, as you will see,
they dance beautifully and they
legitimately won the competition."