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Taiwanese fire dancer Yang Li-wei caught the world’s attention with her blazing performance on Britain’s Got Talent in February. But for Yang, this “dangerous and captivating” spectacle is about more than just the flames.

There are only a handful of professional fire dancers in Taiwan. Having performed with fire for a decade, Yang is proving that mastery doesn’t arrive overnight. “I believe the twenty-plus years before I appeared on Britain’s Got Talent were my secret, because I was training every single day,” she says.

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00:00It's a great time to be a kid.
00:03It's a great time to be a kid.
00:05It's a great time to be a kid.
00:10Good job.
00:13Good job.
00:18Good job.
00:23Wow!
00:25That's awesome.
00:26I don't know what it looks like.
00:28Actually, at the達人秀, I had a feeling that my foot and my desk is now in the達人秀's logo.
00:35Because I was watching the logo on the stage.
00:38So, I am very happy to be able to stand on the stage.
00:49I think that my foot and my foot will be able to stand on the stage.
00:52I think that my foot and my foot and my foot are in the 20th century.
00:53It is my secret.
00:56Because every day I'm trying to train myself.
00:58I think this is what I'm going to be doing.
01:02I'm going to do this before that.
01:03I've practiced the number of hundred and thousand times.
01:05And I can make my heart feel free to be able to feel free.
01:09I don't want to be too nervous.
01:26太緊張有時候整個身體的肌肉都會沒有辦法控制自己我第一人會先想我今天有手毛嗎因為當我的身體經過火焰的時候毛是真的很容易被燒掉的東西我都會先看自己有沒有手毛要不要先燒掉它因為在舞台上
01:38,如果毛瞬間不見了我還是會有感覺的我認為能夠在舞台上做自己喜歡的事情開心的事情能夠自然而然地散發出那個笑容你的每一個舞台都是完美
01:40and is the best
01:40It's not that火 is like a war
01:43or a war
01:44this kind of thing
01:45but for us,
01:46the火 is a peace sign
01:48it is able to bring you peace and warm
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