Dancer Liu Yan is not disabled, just in 2008 when the injury recuperated for a period of time, in 2009 has been healthy comeback.
1) July 27, 2008, Liu Yan in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games solo dance program "Silk Road" in the last rehearsal, due to the car platform operation errors, from the three-meter-high performance of the platform accidentally fell, resulting in thoracic vertebrae below the paraplegia.
After the injury, she became a teacher of the Northern Dance, and the first course she opened was "Comparative Study of Hand Movements in Chinese Classical Dance and Indian Classical Dance". Later, she expanded her research in this area and had a research direction during her doctoral studies. She studied three major systems, including Chinese sign language for the deaf, Buddhist handprints, Peking Opera, and hand movements of Liyuan Opera. Studying classical dance from hand dance is a completely new direction in China.
2) 2009 comeback. March, won the second "Chinese performing arts celebrities public image satisfaction survey" announced by the "China's annual dance best performance actress" award, director Zhang Yimou and singer Song Zuying for her awards; June In June, Liu Yan participated in the launching ceremony of the 2009 "Dance Dreams and Children" Chinese Dance Love Action, and was awarded the title of "Love Ambassador" by the China Dancers Association.
Expanded:
1) Liu Yan, born in 1982, is a young Chinese dancer, currently a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a professor at the Beijing Dance Academy. He graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy with a bachelor's degree in classical dance and a doctorate in choreography from the China Academy of Art. He is the winner of "Wenhua Prize" and "Five One Project Award", and the only solo dancer in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, "Silk Road" A corner actor.
2) In 2001, she was awarded the Silver Prize of the National Lotus Cup Dance Competition, the Bronze Prize of the National Dance Television Competition in 2002, the Silver Prize of the Peach and Lee Cup Dance Competition in 2003, the Gold Prize of the Sixth National Dance Competition for her solo "Rouge Buckle" in 2004, and the Gold Prize of the National Dance Competition for her solo "Oranges Are Red" in 2005, the Gold Prize of the National Dance Competition for the Lotus Cup. In 2005, she won the "Lotus Cup" with her solo dance "Oranges are Red", the gold medal of the National Dance Competition.
In 2006, she attended the Spring Festival Gala, and danced with Yang Liping and Tan Yuanyuan*** in "Three Friends of the Year" of the Red Plum.
In 2007, she also won the double award in the "Wenhua Award" of China, starring in the dance dramas "The Story of the Building of a City" and "Red River Valley"; in the same year, she won the first place of the Gold Prize on behalf of China in the First Asian Youth Arts Festival. On October 15, 2016, she was awarded the "Tara" award.
References: China.com: Dancer Liu Yan People's Daily Online: Chinese Dancer in Wheelchair Wins Tara Award Baidu Encyclopedia--Liu Yan