Bodhisattva dance returns to Paralympic stage

Xinhua News Agency | September 17, 2008 | Copyright

BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- An exquisite dance performed by 21 hearing-impaired artists in the Athens Paralympics closing ceremony took the center stage here on Wednesday night as the Beijing Paralympics rang down its curtain.

The Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance, which as a part of the eight- minute Beijing artistic segment impressed the world four years ago, didn't make it to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympics, to the disappointment of many Chinese.

"We have received a lot appeals from audiences, scholars and artists after the ...

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