They dance with their souls

Chris McMillan
Oct 4, 2025
1 min read

China Daily Global

3rd October 2025

Deaf dancers' emotive performance stuns global audience in Shanghai

By Zhang Kun in Shanghai

Theirs was just a 10-minute piece but performed with beautifully synchronized movements, perfect coordination and all their heart, which moved even many professionals in the audience to tears. Their performance at the opening of the 2025 China Contemporary Dance Biennial at the Shanghai International Dance Center on Aug 27 showed their four years of practice was worth it.

But what made the performance even more heartwarming is that all the dancers were deaf.

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/03/WS68df7979a310f735438b36f0.html

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