Friday Miscellany

From Darlene:
FASCINATING!!!! JUST FASCINATING! Enjoy - BEFORE WATCHING VIDEO:
Read below for background information.

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." When I watched this I didn't even
realize that she was missing an arm because I was focusing on the guy with
only one leg.

Really quite amazing!