A Noble Awakening

We arrived at the KL Convention Centre around 7.20pm and rushed to the ticketing counter to purchase The Awakening tickets. The lady at the counter showed me the available seats to choose from and I was pretty shocked to see that not much choices were left. If I'm not mistaken, the RM343 and RM248 seats were sold out that night.

The show only started at about 8.10pm and the Malaysian Disabled Group made special appearances at the beginning, middle and towards the end of the show. The Deafbeat of YMCA KL caught the audience's attention by dancing on wheelchairs following the beat of the song "Crazy Frog"! Got disco lighting somemore eh...dun play play.

The real show began when 21 hearing impaired dancers from The China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe performed the amazing Avalokitesvara Bodhisativa. This dance symbolizes a thousand hands and eyes in Buddhism but on stage it appears to be only a person with thousand hands.

*Photo from Amriteswari Foundation's website

Another captivating performance was The Soul of a Peacock. The graceful movements imitating a peacock by a hearing impaired dancer kept us glued to our seats especially me even when I had to go to the ladies'.

*Photo from Amriteswari Foundation's website

Other performances such as Butterfly Lovers, Happy Life on Farmland and Yellow Earth were pretty good too.

*Photos from Amriteswari Foundation's website

The Awakening...Realization To Our Fullest Potential
A charity show which showcased the talents of 27 Chinese performers from the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe. The revenue from ticket sales will be chanelled to Amriteswari Foundation and SJK (C) Chen Moh, primary school at Old Town, Petaling Jaya.

The China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe
Founded in 1987, the Troupe provides advance equal opportunity for artistic expression for persons with disabilities. With over 21 years of history the Troupe has expanded its scope with many independently produced programs such as My Dream, allowing the organization to travel to more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. The Troupe has been dubbed the "Image Ambassador for People with Disabilities" by the Disabled People's World Assembly and designated a "UNESCO Artist for Peace".