[Explanation] Li Yan, born in the 1980s, is a dance teacher at the Hohhot Special Education School.
She loves dancing and went to a special education school after graduating from a professional dance school. She taught here for 11 years.
As a dance teacher for deaf-mute students, Li Yan's first step is to learn sign language from her students.
Now, in her silent dance class, her flexible fingers are like batons, pointing the direction for the students.
[Concurrent] Dance teacher Li Yan
When I first entered school, because I was not very good at sign language, there were still some obstacles in communication with the children, and then I communicated with the children, wrote and communicated, and then I came to learn sign language with the children and the old teacher. Sign Language.
[Explanation] Overcoming communication barriers, in a silent dance class, how to achieve the perfect integration of movement, rhythm, expression and music, and correctly interpret the connotation of the work, has become a problem again.
[Concurrent] Dance teacher Li Yan
Children can't hear music, so his concentration will be very strong, that is, his vision is more developed, so he will imitate movements quickly.
However, because he still receives limited information, he is done imitating the action, and his memory is not as good as that of a healthy child, so he has to repeat (practice) over and over again. It may be possible that a healthy child will remember the action twice or three times, but we children, It is possible to memorize this movement, rhythm, and essentials ten times or twenty times.
[Explanation] Hard work pays off. In 2017, Li Yan led the students to win the "Special Jury Award" in the "National Art Festival for the Disabled". This is a great deal for Li Yan and her students. Affirmation and encouragement.
What makes Li Yan even more proud is that her students have also passed the dance to their ideal university.
Nowadays, more students take dance as their major, hoping to bring new opportunities to their lives.
[Concurrent] Dance teacher Li Yan
Several children were admitted to his ideal university through dance, which is a university majoring in dance, which opened up another possibility in their lives.
[Explanation] Li Yan told reporters that cultivating the artistry of special students is an important channel for special education. She hopes to open a window for these special children through her own efforts, so that they can have skills and can better integrate into society in the future.
[Concurrent] Dance teacher Li Yan
What they hope most is that they can communicate normally (without special treatment) just like normal children.
Just like us, we are all individuals in this society, and then we have to equally enjoy all kinds of social treatment or job opportunities.
(Reported by reporter Chen Feng in Hohhot)
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]