Chinese hand dance

omega_cynic · 2012-10-09T17:00:37+00:00

How would this be done in front of an audience? Seems like 3 people would get the effect!

holyice7 · 2012-10-09T19:05:00+00:00

Mecha-Shiva! Mecha-Shiva! Mecha-Shiva!

SwollenFeet · 2012-10-09T16:50:19+00:00

It's Thai, not Chinese.

Edit: It's Chinese, not Thai.

alanw516 · 2012-10-09T16:47:34+00:00

Coool. And it really depends where you stand, obviously.

tzaje · 2012-10-09T20:10:39+00:00

They are called My Dream: China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe. Official link here. I've seen them live last year and I was simply fascinated by them. They are a bunch of greatly talented disabled artists that do a lot of basically impossible things on stage. I've seen deaf people dancing perfectly, I've seen blind people dancing and singing and so on. This dance is called The Butterfly Lover's Dance and it is fantastic live. Everything that those people did on stage for two hours was breathtaking and full of emotion and the end of the show kept everyone on the public shaking and breathing this strange and beautiful show they do. Here are some pieces of performance I've seen then:

The Butterfly Lover's Dance

Various moments of their show

The Soul of the Peacock - absolutely amazing

tOaDeR2005 · 2012-10-09T17:35:36+00:00

http://youtu.be/jljKux177zo

iamtakeo · 2012-10-09T18:14:17+00:00

This isn't Thai, it's the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, however the subject matter (Thousand hands) and deity is related to Buddhism so I can see how you'd confuse it.

25032012 · 2012-10-09T17:39:56+00:00

This. Is. Amazing.

yessirmrsir · 2012-10-09T19:10:55+00:00

This is a James Bond title sequence waiting to happen.

absurdfatalism · 2012-10-09T18:13:37+00:00

T-minus __ seconds until posted to /r/woahdude :D

bloodjun · 2012-10-09T19:00:07+00:00

They deserve a hand.

boooooo

ReeG · 2012-10-09T21:00:15+00:00

16MB GIF. The line which determines when when to use GIFS and when to use videos is getting too blurry for this old man.

Farkwun · 2012-10-09T19:03:10+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ua64HbsBUo

Reminds me of this.

Relevant part at 3:48, but who am I kidding, the whole goddamned thing is awesome.

freesey · 2012-10-09T18:30:58+00:00

Imagine how powerful a hadouken they could make

Blatblatblat · 2012-10-09T18:26:43+00:00

It must be awesome to be the girl in front.

Carls_Sr · 2012-10-09T18:23:26+00:00

El Es Dee

unclecarb · 2012-10-09T18:58:35+00:00

alright, now Who Has The Rule 34 on this?

techuser1029 · 2012-10-09T19:37:44+00:00

And the most interesting part: they're all deaf.

colarg · 2012-10-09T18:25:34+00:00

Thank you OP, i thoroughly enjoyed this.

trippingwalrus · 2012-10-09T18:28:31+00:00

The second coming of Christ will happen before this gif loads.

ancientshoes · 2012-10-09T19:06:00+00:00

i could see this gif completely fucking you up if you're high

JeremyMethfield · 2012-10-09T19:38:16+00:00

She has become death, destroyer of worlds.

metalrufflez · 2012-10-09T19:43:03+00:00

Seriously, I can't understand why people make gifs this long, it's just stupid. Why not just share the video or something...

(This is not a critic to the OP, but to whom made the gif in the first place)

Obsosaurus · 2012-10-09T21:07:34+00:00

I read the title as "Chinese hard dance" and I was like, shit, that does look hard!

saidthemantothedog · 2012-10-09T22:52:23+00:00

I have the weirdest boners right now.

Chaisson123 · 2012-10-10T02:53:05+00:00

This creeped me the fuck out.

pyroaries · 2012-10-09T18:51:59+00:00

Absolutely stunning!

CoffeeIsMyConstant · 2012-10-09T20:16:29+00:00

spoiler *

At the very end, an annoying blond lady runs up to the camera and shouts "Anything goes!"

manktank · 2012-10-09T18:10:23+00:00

That's very similar to my one and only acid trip.

minus000 · 2012-10-09T17:11:56+00:00

That's really, impossibly cool.

rconnelly20 · 2012-10-09T18:21:20+00:00

I can imagine being that one guy that messes up, everyone in the row turns around and stares at you.

MC-Master-Bedroom · 2012-10-09T18:53:41+00:00

Hold me - I'm frightened!

jammerjoint · 2012-10-09T19:01:28+00:00

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIfGEgj-ebg&t=0m47s

JosB420 · 2012-10-09T19:14:33+00:00

couldn't look away....and was slightly turned on...o.0

RonaldFuckingPaul · 2012-10-09T19:16:20+00:00

Wow. I almost made it through that. I'm doing good.

Tobislu · 2012-10-09T19:16:39+00:00

Listen to this song and watch the gif.

SicknessIsFree · 2012-10-09T19:17:37+00:00

How much math was done for this bit?

Chinablond · 2012-10-09T19:19:21+00:00

Reminds me of Samsara.. amazing movie!

Trebol · 2012-10-09T19:20:47+00:00

MY HEAD IS FULL OF FUCK!

PUNCTUATING_TATER · 2012-10-09T19:25:13+00:00

That's one fast loading gif, wonder what'll happen if one decides to trip on this.

backwardsloveisevol · 2012-10-09T19:28:09+00:00

GIF reminds me of that weird movie Santa Sangre where the boy stands behind his armless mother onstage and uses his arms as if they were hers...fuck it, nevermind. Nobody will know what I'm talking about unless they've seen the movie. It's awesome and streaming on netflix btw.

BlixInTheCity · 2012-10-09T19:30:22+00:00

Do NOT watch this if you've just taken Ambien.

weezrsucks · 2012-10-09T19:30:25+00:00

Watch it while pink floyd - Echoes plays in the background. im lost in the hands man

broncosace · 2012-10-09T19:33:14+00:00

This is either a repost or an acid flash back.

BallsMcChinnian · 2012-10-09T19:36:25+00:00

In good ol' reddit fashion-only slightly relevant

djramrod · 2012-10-09T19:37:29+00:00

Those damn Chinese. Amazing in everything they do.

HampeMannen · 2012-10-09T19:41:31+00:00

That's quite the long gif.

goofball_jones · 2012-10-09T19:41:40+00:00

I watched Sinbad fight one of these in a movie once. They seem hard to kill.

http://i.imgur.com/KzCxY.jpg

ralphreyna · 2012-10-09T19:52:09+00:00

Makes me think of MIA's Jimmy music video.

kor8der · 2012-10-09T20:12:57+00:00

i.iminus.com feels slow

nix831 · 2012-10-09T20:13:15+00:00

This + Disclosure's "Latch" worked oddly well.

KALLAIHUB · 2012-10-09T20:13:36+00:00

I had "Money Maker" by the Black Keys on while watching this... and it somehow synched perfectly with the movements.

SmokusMaximus · 2012-10-09T20:20:50+00:00

I always thought she was Bodhisattva

TallHonky · 2012-10-09T20:32:35+00:00

The one in the very front is lazy.... She doesn't do much.

ArmchairActivist · 2012-10-09T20:39:36+00:00

Ah. I remember. Thousands of years ago. We used to build the worlds narrowest theaters. One seat wide. A thousands seats back.

People would travel around the world to come to our hand-dance theatre.

enakro · 2012-10-09T20:59:55+00:00

Looks like something from Final Fantasy

naturehatesyou · 2012-10-09T21:16:24+00:00

This was featured in the movie Samsara.

R3luctant · 2012-10-09T21:18:48+00:00

I'm freaking out man.

Fredricothealien · 2012-10-09T21:20:17+00:00

shadow clone jutsu

Enderwoman · 2012-10-09T21:21:06+00:00

That's what they need their huge population for.

ajkjnr · 2012-10-09T21:27:23+00:00

Thai bro, not chinese, focused on Hindu religion

progerialover69 · 2012-10-09T21:32:49+00:00

Was listening to Tesselate while I watched this. Pretty cool.

WarbossPepe · 2012-10-09T21:37:11+00:00

so...... beautiful

frozenvanillacoke · 2012-10-09T21:49:24+00:00

Kinda related.

Good music clever video (complete with hand dance).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ua64HbsBUo&feature=plcp

escythe · 2012-10-09T21:52:02+00:00

oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora

lordbazuco · 2012-10-09T22:00:32+00:00

You should post thus on r/trees that was crazy...

circle_ · 2012-10-09T22:04:27+00:00

To me, the lighting is just as impressive as the dance. Amazing.

Am3692 · 2012-10-09T22:04:32+00:00

This is part of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, I saw them live a few years ago.

haprdgn · 2012-10-09T22:11:33+00:00

I didn't know Jackie Chan got a sex change.

NickelFish · 2012-10-09T22:13:32+00:00

Imagine all the sandwiches she could make her boyfriend!

I_AM_GRUMPY · 2012-10-09T22:17:02+00:00

I'm freaking out...man

elleyes · 2012-10-09T22:17:37+00:00

was watching this to Ween's Big Jilm, live in Chicago. was a pleazle to my weasel.

Nishta · 2012-10-09T22:18:14+00:00

Damnnnnnnn...there is always a better version of whatever you can do. It's called the "Chinese" version.

ziggyzflow · 2012-10-09T22:27:25+00:00

It looks psychedelic!

shempskidd · 2012-10-09T22:29:39+00:00

No wonder they open up so many massage parlors.

Pat1234567890 · 2012-10-09T22:31:40+00:00

Wow thats a lot of hands. WARNING: DANCE REQUIRES MANY HANDS

Speark · 2012-10-09T22:31:41+00:00

They said I could be anything so i became a peacock

ebbinflo · 2012-10-09T22:35:49+00:00

This is a dance in tribute to Guan Yin. The Buddha of compassion and healing.

malaislinn · 2012-10-09T22:45:26+00:00

What is the specific source video for this? Was the gif edited to add the changes of color/lighting?

bunnibutt · 2012-10-09T22:47:14+00:00

I would like to see more of this.

capt_ishmael · 2012-10-09T22:55:35+00:00

It's like an underwater plant of some sort.

meatywood · 2012-10-09T23:20:02+00:00

I wonder if they fight over who gets to be in front?

I_HATE_YOU_SO_MUCH · 2012-10-09T23:30:00+00:00

I feel like I just watched a peacock give birth.

TheOneTrueCripple · 2012-10-09T23:31:42+00:00

That's seriously one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen...

Banana_Party · 2012-10-09T23:45:44+00:00

Human centipede 3?

ChronoN7 · 2012-10-09T23:47:29+00:00

Amazingly mesmerizing.

ericfatty · 2012-10-09T23:49:50+00:00

This would be awesome to watch high

JewelsMonkey · 2012-10-09T23:55:45+00:00

This is the most amazing and beautiful, mesmerizing dance I have ever seen in my life.

Shane_the_P · 2012-10-09T23:56:46+00:00

This is shockingly easy to masturbate to.

saebba · 2012-10-09T23:57:24+00:00

Samsara?

sheerheartattack · 2012-10-09T23:59:29+00:00

Looks like Klaus Nomi is a bit outclassed here.

thefuzz001 · 2012-10-10T00:20:28+00:00

Put some LED gloves on all of their hands and you have a crazy spectacle.

UndercoverJack · 2012-10-10T00:28:07+00:00

This is absolutely amazing!

cgsuperpanda · 2012-10-10T00:30:02+00:00

I watched this in my Chinese Religious Studies class (don't ask how I ended up in there...), but it's supposed to be a representation of their Buddhist bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara ^[1][2] . She's said to have 1000 arms. :)

(Wow didn't think that knowledge would ever be relevant to anything...)

flyingsnorlax · 2012-10-10T00:33:27+00:00

seems more indian (country) than chinese...

chimpytron · 2012-10-10T00:36:41+00:00

this is trippy

Racheldkane · 2012-10-10T00:36:51+00:00

Dat precision.

ForgotMyself · 2012-10-10T00:46:13+00:00

I bet she gives the best hugs.

NinjaStain · 2012-10-10T01:07:41+00:00

Can we only assume what country will do or has done it next with penises....Peni>?

makattak88 · 2012-10-10T01:16:40+00:00

Thought that was an entertaining gif!

larlyB · 2012-10-10T01:22:36+00:00

its a peacock!

harrywhite1 · 2012-10-10T01:34:39+00:00

Hate to say it but this would be amazing on psychedelics.

pavle3k · 2012-10-10T01:44:40+00:00

Chinese hand dance... sounds like something you'd have to pay extra for at a massage parlor.

Highfly365 · 2012-10-10T01:49:23+00:00

I swear to sweet Jesus it's a fiend of hell.

CedgeDC · 2012-10-10T01:51:57+00:00

I feel like anyone could do the job of the front chick. She looks pretty bored about it all.

alamodafthouse · 2012-10-10T02:36:25+00:00

even with all those hands I bet she couldn't properly signal when she was changing lanes

errythangbetaken · 2012-10-10T02:55:50+00:00

This is my favorite version

jacksona13 · 2012-10-10T02:57:58+00:00

Chinese performers doing a Thai dance that looks like Indian gods...... mmkay

mazingerz021 · 2012-10-10T03:13:02+00:00

Gives new meaning to Spirit Hands.

PollysLithium · 2012-10-10T03:13:59+00:00

I need music to go with this.

sc102390 · 2012-10-10T03:18:00+00:00

The US just declared Chinese hand dances a threat to national security.

Mn8809 · 2012-10-10T03:50:19+00:00

She is the goddess of hand jobs

DarwinsWarrior · 2012-10-10T04:04:31+00:00

That took forever to load...

theGreatBlar · 2012-10-10T04:26:32+00:00

I would really just like the video please, I know you are hiding it from me...

halcyongt · 2012-10-10T04:47:52+00:00

Mind. Blown.

frenchpress · 2012-10-10T04:50:00+00:00

can't believe no one mentioned chun li yet

thewhalesvagina · 2012-10-10T05:03:56+00:00

Wow. I gotta hand it to her. Amiright?!

oper619 · 2012-10-10T06:11:53+00:00

more like chinese deaf hand dance

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