(Clearwisdom.net) For the third straight year in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Divine Performing Arts (DPA) has brought to the people of Texas a glorious display of classical Chinese dance and music. Performing for a second time at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, one of the leading performing arts facilities in the region, Divine Performing Arts presented fresh new content with all the beauty and elegance of the previous year.

Mr. Alberto Bernal (The Epoch Times)

The Deputy Consul General of Mexico, Mr. Alberto Bernal, was in Dallas on February 2 to see Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour opening performance, Chinese New Year Spectacular.

It was the first time Mr. Bernal had seen Divine Performing Arts, and he was impressed. "Absolutely amazing. It's lovely. The performance, the music, the costumes, everything is wonderful," Mr. Bernal enthused.

The artists have their foundational training in classical Chinese dance, and the company's performances include Chinese ethnic and folk dance, a unique vision of Chinese traditional culture that is both faithful and innovative. The resulting productions are something audiences of any background can readily appreciate and find refreshing.

"It's colorful performances are the deepest flavor of China, we can find," Mr. Bernal said, believing distance had contributed to Westerners being left in the dark and separate from matters pertaining to China.

"Because we're far from there, sometimes we're not really knowledgeable, but this performance is bringing us this colorful, warm sample of the culture and spirit of China. It's something that's taken to our hearts, absolutely. It's wonderful."

Mr. Guiterrez (NTDTV)

Meanwhile, Mr. Guiterrez, financial controller for an international cosmetic and skin care company, oozed enthusiasm, "I'm really glad to be here. It's incredible, amazing, and very captivating!" "The colors and all of it, it is so well-done. I've never seen anything like it."

DPA, a New York based organization of leading dancers, choreographers and musicians, seeks to revive the true, five-millennia-old artistic tradition of China that thrived before decades of suppression by the Chinese communist state.

When asked which performances appealed to him most, Mr. Guiterrez said, "All of them!" but conceded that the drummers had particularly impressed him.

Like many others who have witnessed the show first hand, Mr. Guiterrez concluded by saying, "I'm looking forward to next year, to have them come back to Dallas."

Source: http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/content/view/11365
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