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Wednesday, October 28 2020 - 13:45
AsiaNet
Cafe Plaza Helps 16-Year-Old High School Students Stand Out
TAIPEI, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Dancing Out Youthful Dreams with Sign Dance, Displaying Taiwan on the Global 
Stage Once Again 


Recently, an unusual "sign language craze" has caught fire among Taiwanese 
students. In order to help students realize their dreams of being seen by a 
wider audience, Cafe Plaza, a brand of coffee in Taiwan, helped students to 
shoot a "sign dance" music video, which was enthusiastically received by 
Taiwanese media and shared by netizens.

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The public's impression of "sign language"is used by mute patients and 
interpreted in the news. Taiwanese students have made it unique in an 
exceptionally creative way. They have combined sign language with dance and 
developed innovative "sign dance" performances to make "sign language" more 
appealing. Even more surprising, Taiwan coffee brand Cafe Plaza decided to help 
this creative group of remarkable students, so that these high schoolers can 
step up and be seen by everyone.

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A group of 16-year-old high schoolers performed one of the world's best sign 
dances which combines sign language and dancing. It is on par with the 
professionals!

"Sign dance" is a type of special performance developed by students, which is 
also the main method of performance for Taiwan's unique high school "sign 
language associations". The Taiwan high school sign language associations 
developed sign dance which is a type of special performance. The original 
intention of the Sign Language Society was to attract greater attention to sign 
language and inspire people to learn sign language, which is why dance elements 
were added which are popular among students. Up to now, the sign language clubs 
in Taiwan's high schools have developed extraordinary associations in which 
members display top-tier dancing skills, while also communicating by sign 
language.

And this sign dance music videos, which has become viral amongst young people 
in Taiwan, features performers who are only 16-year-old high school students 
from a sign language society. They practiced tirelessly for a long period of 
time, and their consummate skills were on par with those of professional 
dancers. Their perfectly synced sign language more truthfully conveyed their 
spirit of standing up for their dreams and their hope to be seen by the world.

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Cafe Plaza helps Taiwan's valiant college students showcase Taiwan's unique 
sign dance all over the world

More than 40 students from sign language clubs in four of Taiwan's well-known 
high schools gathered to take part in the MV. Wearing school uniforms and 
incorporating the campus life into their background, they released the 
impassioned energy of 16-year-old youth and garnered overwhelming praise from 
Taiwanese netizens regardless of gender.

It was not only the sign dance music video (MV) that made people excited. The 
song used in the MV is also the theme song of Taiwan's well-known coffee brand, 
Cafe Plaza. Cafe Plaza holds an annual music competition for Taiwanese students 
which supports students in realizing their dreams. This year, Aden, a 
19-year-old runner up in last year's competition, received a special invitation 
to create a theme song. The lyrics depicted a story of training diligently and 
encouraged students to pursue their dreams. As soon as it was released in 
Taiwan, it resonated deeply with young people and garnered more than 2 million 
views in less than a week. This time, sign dance was used to once again convey 
the spirit of pursuing a common dream amongst Taiwan's students. As the song 
says, "step forward and show yourself to the world."

The life of these Taiwanese high school students is not easy. They jointly 
performed this energetic? song which represents the aspirations of Taiwan's 
students in order to let the whole world know that: "As Taiwanese High School 
Students, we will bravely step up and realize our dream of being seen by the 
entire world!"

Please click here(https://reurl.cc/pyKe3r) to view the video.

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SOURCE  Cafe'Plaza

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   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=374646

   Caption: High school students set off a surging interest in sign language, 
among which sign dance performances have become a major focus of the public's 
attention.

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=374647

   Caption:  More than 40 16-year-old high school students, with the support of 
Cafe Plaza, use "sign dance" to dance out their wide-eyed dreams. 

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=374648

   Caption:  Cafe Plaza gives students opportunities and a platform to showcase 
their strengths and help them realize their dreams.

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=374651

   Caption: Senior high school students practiced tirelessly over a long period 
of time to use sign dance to convey the spirit of pursuing their dreams.

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=375167

   Caption: Taiwanese media reports on a sign dance MV are attracting 
significant attention among young people!

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