I recently saw the per­for­mance by Kseniya Simonova from Ukraine’s Got Tal­ent (2009), which she won with her per­for­mances of sand sto­ries. This one is the telling of a story from World War II, which you can see in the video was very mov­ing for those in atten­dance. The video is sim­ply riveting.

TED-esque. It’s amaz­ing how she cre­ates images with noth­ing but sand, mak­ing them into a com­plete story. (Wikipedia: Kseniya Simonova)