The Dance - Courage & Inspiration

I got this via email.... story below (I don't know origin)

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 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 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." Really quite amazing!

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[swapan42k]

Excellent video. I m using this video today to motivate my team. Loosing something important does not mean we have lost everything. We can come back if we really want to.

[linhvng]

If you lose your Money you have lost Nothing...

If you lose your Health than you have lost Something...

If you lose your Character than you have lost Everything...

Courage is what I learned. Beautiful video. Thank you!

[ManofWorship711]

Oh my God!! I thought I lost everything when my fingers were amputated!!! Thank you for this!!!!!!!!!

[MrErnieWhite]

hi there,  well what can one say but,"TERRIFIC". very well expressed and projected...regards ERNIE..

[Shadowfox15]

very beautiful!

[19anasco53]

incredible - commendable - and inspiring

[darshmanju]

Very inspiring.Salman from India acted out a piece of similar choreograhy.was that the first one or this.

[chaguaramasxyz]

They are excellent. However he seems too good to be someone that just started to dance after he lost his leg. He must have been a dancer before he lost his leg. I suspect that the story surrounding the video is not true.

[pamxservando]

Soooooooo amazing! Very inspiring! Very full of emotions! it was so touching. Excellent choreography and dancers. thanks for sharing this video.

[Songuine]

Inspiring indeed. Do you know what the music is they're dancing to?