(Clearwisdom.net) Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular staged at the Victoria Arts Center in Melbourne on March 30, 2008 and has continued to receive rave reviews from all circles. Dr. Liz Jones, Artistic Director of the La Mama Theatre attended the show with her grandson and granddaughter.
Dr. Liz Jones, Artistic Director of the La Mama Theatre
Ms. Jones said that she most liked the braveness demonstrated by the Mongolian young men in the performance, which she found to be especially beautiful and graceful. She said, "I like the athletic spirit of man, including the martial arts and strong vitality manifested. I like all skills presented in the dance."
Ms. Jones is a lover of Tang poetry. She liked the acts "Drummers of the Tang Court," "Loyalty of Yue Fei" and "Lady of the Moon"; these were most impressive to her. She said, "The performance encompasses a variety of inner meanings, I see the diversity of Chinese culture. All this seems to have me enjoy a big feast of dances."
Ms. Jones acts as an artistic director of the La Mama Theatre in the north of Melbourne. La Mama is one of Melbourne's oldest and most fondly regarded theatres. Ms. Jones is very supportive and encourages Chinese play writers to create many more works with Chinese artistic characteristics. She said, "I feel the composer of the show hopes that the show can cherish the memory of the past, pursuit for a good time, and the pursuit for a more open and better time."
She felt the profoundness and broadness of the Chinese culture from the show. She praised, "I feel the performance also pursues a new truth and moral values, and I can feel a strong principle, a pursuit for the principles of 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.'"
Retired professional Ballet dancer: Chinese classical dance has a different feeling
Margaret Stuart is a retired professional ballet dancer from a small city near the sea in New Zealand. She attended the Spectacular and found the show has something different from any other she has seen. She was very excited and said, "I have never seen Chinese classical dance before, I had a different feeling. In high-level ballet training, most of the dance movements are executed on toe. But Chinese dance includes both toe movements, feet and other ways of expression and postures to express [the meaning], so it looks extremely rich."
Margret Stuart said that the performers used a very beautiful way to express the inner meaning of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."
Ms. Stuart paid special attention to the dance performances. She said, "I liked the show very much, I feel the dancers' costumes were fantastic, and the dancers used a beautiful way to express the inner meaning of 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.'"
Ms. Stuart thought the show was terrific, and she wanted to immediately return to the hotel to email her children to share her feelings about the show. She said, "I want to tell my daughter, because she is teaching at the Royal Ballet Dance Center. She is usually very busy, only available on holidays. I want to tell her to come and see the performance by the Divine Performing Arts."
