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  • SIGNIFICANT GUIDANCE: A coach in Yangguang Acrobatic Troupe instructs young players on January 10, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • HOOPS AROUND: A child performs in the premiere of acrobatic fairy tale Seeking the Sun in Puyang City on January 9, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • AT A STANDSTILL: Performers pose in Seeking the Sun on January 9, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • STAND TOGETHER: Troupe members perform in Seeking the Sun on January 9, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • STACKING UP: Acrobatic girls perform body contortion on January 9, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • OFF-STAGE: Han Tingting, 6, trains for body flexibility with coaches' assistance on January 10, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • ALLEY-HOOP: Performers perform an exercise involving leaping through a ring on January 10, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • SIDEWAYS: A girl practices a side somersault on January 10, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • UPSIDE DOWN: Girls perform handstands on January 10, 2012 (WANG SONG)
  • THUMBS UP: The performing team gestures "I'm the best" on January 10, 2012 (WANG SONG)

Young performers from 6 to 16 years old with hearing and speaking difficulties comprise a performing team unique in China: Yangguang Acrobatic Troupe. The team, whose name literally means "sunshine," was founded in Puyang City in central China's Henan Province in June, 2008.

Hard work and perseverance makes these youngsters high-level players. In the past three years, the troupe has produced the acrobatic interpretation of The Thousand-Handed Goddess of Mercy and China's first acrobatic fairy tale Seeking the Sun. Besides, their body contortion show won a major prize in the Eighth Henan Acrobatic Competition in 2011. During holidays, these young actors and actresses perform on town squares for local communities.

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