Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, leads 20 deaf dancers to perform "Thousand-hand Guan Yin," in Beijing on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Guan Yin is a Chinese goddess. Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, a troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing take steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world. (photo: agencies via China Daily)

Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, leads 20 deaf dancers to perform "Thousand-hand Guan Yin," in Beijing on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Guan Yin is a Chinese goddess. Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, a troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing take steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world.

Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, trains deaf dancers to perform "Thousand-hand Guan Yin," in Beijing on Tuesday, February 19, 2008.

A coach trains deaf dancers of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe to perform "Thousand-hand Guan Yin," in Beijing on Tuesday, February 19, 2008.

(Agencies via China Daily February 20, 2008)