Audience members at the Brooklyn Saturday matinee show of the Divine Performing Arts applaud warmly.
(Clearwisdom.net) The Chinese New Year Splendor began a two-day tour in
New York City at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
The Saturday afternoon performance by the Divine Performing Arts Touring Company
at BAM drew audience members from all over the five boroughs. Mr. White, a human
resources manager at a major pharmaceutical company, attended the matinee
performance with his family.
"I like the way the dancers tell stories," White said. "When I
watch Western dance, sometimes it's awfully hard to tell what the story is.
Here, you can tell what the story is with the movements, the costumes and the
backdrop."
"It's very accessible and easy to follow. It's just stunning beauty,"
he exclaimed.
White especially liked "Welcoming Spring" and "Dragon Spring
Drummers," two dances with very different styles.
When asked why he picked those two, White said as he laughed, "It's yin and
yang, I guess!"
"It's the variety--and that's a part of why I like them," he
continued. "The female flower dance was just beautiful. The male dance had
more drumming and action. It's in the variety."
Although he grew up in the United States, White felt a special connection to the
messages conveyed in the programs. "These dances--they did not feel
foreign, but very familiar. I felt like I was visiting a different land yet the
stories were very human and familiar," White said.
"I thought I was back in my childhood. There's innocence to them that were
very nice," he shared.
"This is some of the best entertainment I have seen in several years,"
he concluded.
His son had been looking forward to the performance. "My Chinese music
teacher recommended this show to us," he said. "She is Taiwanese. And
a lot of the time there isn't an opportunity to see the real cultural aspect of
China."
Regarding the songs in the performance, White felt the spiritual message
conveyed by the singers were very powerful. "I like that there is a subtle
spiritual message. But it is subtle, yet very important."
Another audience member concurred. "I really liked the singers. With the
help of the subtitles, I understood the meaning of their words. I liked the
message behind their songs," said Mr. Sebastian, an auditor at a financial
services company in New York. Sebastian brought his two parents to see the
Brooklyn performance on Saturday.
Source: http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/content/view/9668/
Category: Shen Yun Performing Arts
