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Their risk paid of. Te group has visited more than 50 countries and saved the netting profts as charity fund and development fund after operating expenses over the last fve years to become China's most proftable performing troupe.
Finding our own calling
"One night, I saw a group of children with disabilities dancing. I saw hope and the value of life in their dances," Mr. Liu recalled. "Seeing them, I fnally found the calling of the troupe."
They began traveling the nation to recruit performers -- from the far-fung Xinjian region to out-of-the-way places even most Chinese rarely visit. Some were disabled at birth, others had sufered heartbreaking accidents.
There was the blind bamboo futist whose eyes were poked by a stick. The dancer who lost both arms in an
14-year-old dancer: Cheng Cheng (hearing impaired)
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