If you can’t hear it, just “watch” and dance to the beat! -Health News Network – Health Portal
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□ Xinhua News Agency reporter Yu Sihui
At the Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball Stadium, the energetic cheerleading team’s performance looked the same as usual, but they wore white gloves on the sidelines and changed their movements and gestures with the music, making people wonder about this cheerleading team. the story behind.
“This is done to connect able-bodied players and hearing-impaired players’ perception of the beat through body movements,” said Liao Dan, deputy leader and conductor of the cheerleading team.
hesitate
There are several hearing-impaired girls in this cheerleading team. They cannot hear or can only hear weak voices. They were invited by Beiao Group, which is responsible for the sports display of wheelchair basketball venues, and recently joined this cheerleading team. Among them, Li Yunxuan has learned lip reading since she was a child and has cochlear implants to assist her, so she can communicate simply with reporters.
Li Yunxuan, 18, is currently in her first year of college in Chongqing, majoring in special education. “This is a major related to our group, and I hope to learn this major to help more people like me.”
Before performing at the Asian Paralympic Games, Li Yunxuan had not had much exposure to similar performances. “I had never danced cheerleading before, but I was more interested in dancing.”
It was not easy for Li Yunxuan to make the decision to perform at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. “The invitation quota is an opportunity that the school has fought for. I wanted to sign up at the time, but I was very scared.” Li Yunxuan said, “Because I have never participated in such a large-scale event, and I am just a freshman, I can’t handle the allocation of time. We are also afraid that someone will have some bad comments about us.”
“But my family encouraged me and wanted me to broaden my horizons. Coming to the Asian Para Games can better understand groups like me and motivate myself. In the end, I decided to participate.” Li Yunxuan said.
Fusion
This cheerleading team with command in the wheelchair basketball arena is formed by the “K Dancer” team. “K Dancer” has participated in cheerleading performances at the Winter Olympics, Basketball World Cup and other events. It can be said that it has “seen big scenes” , but it was also their first time to perform with the hearing-impaired.
The real offline joint training actually started a few days before the opening. Cheerleader Hu Huilin told reporters that in the previous months, the hearing-impaired girls had been rehearsing online. “I sent a video of the decomposition of the movements, and they took a video and gave it back to me, and I told them what was wrong with the movements.”
Hu Huilin said that the team also made some special designs for these hearing-impaired girls in terms of movements and formations. “For example, if I want to highlight them, I will do some actions to make them stand in the middle of the formation and everyone will face them. During the performance, there will also be some formations facing all directions. In these formations, I will try to make these girls Facing the conductor makes it easier for them to control the beat.”
Since these hearing-impaired girls were exposed to cheerleading performances for the first time, they still had a lot to learn after the two parties “joined together” offline.
“There are some adjustments to the makeup. After arriving here, our team members who are better at makeup will help them put on makeup, do some hairstyles, adjust their clothes, and adjust in all aspects.” Hu Huilin said.
Before the interview started, the reporter noticed that several hearing-impaired girls had stickers with the “K Dancer” pattern on their Asian Paralympic Games IDs, which marked that they were already members of the “K Dancer” .
“The team uses various methods to really integrate them and make them feel confident in the team.” Hu Huilin said.
bloom
Li Yunxuan said frankly that she was “still quite nervous” when she actually stood on the field to perform. “There were too many people at the scene. I have never seen anything like this before.” Li Yunxuan said, “But as soon as I came on stage, I suddenly became excited and my interest was lifted. I was also very happy after the performance. I felt that I had completed an impossible task.”
On the Internet, after watching the video of this cheerleading team’s performance, many people said that if they didn’t see a conductor, it would be difficult to imagine that there are girls from the silent world in this energetic and uniform cheerleading team.
“Although we are special, we still work hard to blend in with ordinary people and complete the same actions as everyone else.” Li Yunxuan said, “If there are performances at such large events in the future, I will definitely sign up.”
Liao Dan said that in the following game days, in addition to cheering and stimulating the atmosphere, the cheerleading team will also add some other links to better demonstrate the culture and spirit of disability integration.
“Actually, we want to convey a kind of appeal, which is to let disabled children integrate into society, and society also integrates into us disabled people, respecting and caring for each other. I think this is also the ultimate goal of hosting the Asian Para Games.” Liao Dan said. .
2023-10-27 02:01:00
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