Disabled acrobatics troupe performs in Shenyang

Artists with physical disabilities perform acrobatics at Shenyang Zhonghua Theater on May 21. Sponsored by China Commission of Promotion of Publicity for the Undertakings of Chinese Disabled Persons, the event aims to promote the importance of respecting the disabled, as well as the spirit of optimism and persistence. [Photo/people.cn] 

Artists from Shenyang Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe perform acrobatics at Shenyang Zhonghua Theater on May 21. Founded in 1991, the troupe is the only professional acrobatics troupe in China for disabled people. It performs around 200 times each year for students in Shenyang with the aim of encouraging self-improvement. Over the past six years, the troupe has performed 1,357 times. [Photo/people.cn] 

A closing ceremony for an acrobatics performance by artists from Shenyang Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe at Shenyang Zhonghua Theater, May 21. [Photo/people.cn]