It’s hard for all of us to dance in harmony with music; it’s more difficult for hearing-impaired people to do this. But some deaf people living at Nguyen Nga Centre made every effort to dance.
In 1999, about 10 hearing-impaired children having natural aptitudes for music were selected to form a dancing group. This was aimed at meeting the demand of all disabled people at the centre.
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“Hearing-impaired dancers” perform a dance. |
It’s absolutely difficult for disabled people to do some kinds of work, such as drawing, weaving, embroidery, and dancing, but they are always interested in doing them. The centre’s director Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga invited many choreographers to teach them.
Some of them had had to give up their work whilst some have still continued and they succeeded in helping hearing-impaired children dance.
It’s has been ten years since the “hearing-impaired dancers” got married and left the centre. The dancing group also received many new members.
“It’s really hard for us to learn how to dance, but we’re very happy when being successful,” Thanh Thao, a group member, said. “Initially, dancing looked like doing morning exercises, but everything is ok now.”
“At first I was totally confused because I couldn’t understand what they “said”, Thuy Linh, a dancing instructor, said. “Thanks to the help from Kim Chung, the group manager, we are able to understand each other and I could easily teach them.”
“Hearing-impaired people may suffer more serious symptoms if their capacity for hearing is not practised early,” Nga said. “We’re therefore determined to create the most favorable conditions for them to experience music, helping their hearing improve and get more confident when integrating into the society.”
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