(Clearwisdom.net) Chia-Yi, TAIWAN- Divine Performing Arts (DPA) stirred up heated discussion and positive public opinions after its performances in Taipei, Taichung and Tainan. On March 10, 2009, the DPA had its first performance in the Auditorium of National Chung Cheng University. The seats were full and there was enthusiastic applause following each program.

Director of A Dance Association: I Really Want to Dance With the Artists

Liang Bingyi is a director of the Yushan Dance Association. She had a sweet smile on her face after the show, "The DPA presented a graceful and classy combination of dance and art. I have seen it all today! I really want to dance with the artists!"

Liang exclaimed, "Every dance is perfect and beautiful!" She loved every program.

Liang used to be the director of the Chia-Yi City Teacher Chorus. She grew up loving Chinese opera and ethnic dances. She's been involved in teaching dance and music for 50 years. She couldn't stop praising how the DPA could fully manifest the beauty of all kinds of dances, "It is absolutely hard to come by such a show."

Hoping the DPA Comes to Taiwan Every Year

Liang highly praised that the DPA incorporated the principles of loyalty, duty, integrity, and righteousness into classical Chinese dance. She was happy to see so many young artists with solid basic skills and full of vitality. "I hope every Chinese can enjoy the DPA's Chinese New Year Spectacular and I hope the DPA comes to Chia-Yi every year."

Ms. Liang couldn't stop expressing her excitement at seeing true Chinese culture in the various art forms. "Singing, gesture, every turn, roll, and jump in the dances, all kinds of arts were included in the best forms. I am so excited and I so enjoyed it."

President of Literary and Art Association: Magnificent and Pure Top Class International Performance

The Chia-Yi City Literary and Art Association was founded 20 year ago and has been aggressively promoting art and literature. Yang Hongfei, President of the Association and a painter, came to the Spectacular with her older brother on March 10. Yang was amazed by the artists' solid basic skills and called it an extremely high quality international performance. She said the divine content can purify people's hearts and she was glad that people in Chia-Yi could enjoy such an exquisite art show.

The program, "Heaven Awaits Us Despite Persecution" made Yang feel the persecution shouldn't have happened. She believes those who believe in god and want to become good people will be able to enter heaven. "The way the DPA presented the story and told people how good is rewarded and bad is punished is impressive and touching!"

"Our society needs peace and kindness. The persecution must be stopped," said Yang in the end.

Director of Music and Dance: Vocalists Emanate Life and Light

Lin Yijie, Director of the International Youth Music and Dance, has a doctor's degree in music from the National Taiwan Normal University. She said the two and a half hour show presented precision and simplicity. "The artists not only presented skills on the surface but delivered the meaning of life and brought out joy from the bottom of their hearts."

Lin felt there was life and light in the singing of the vocalists. "The vocalists' presented the songs from the bottom of their hearts. Because their personalities are righteous, so are their songs."

The backdrops connecting flawlessly with the performance on the stage impressed Ms. Lin, especially the parts with the spinning Falun and the celestial beings descending from heaven. "The backdrop successfully created the three dimensional feeling and broke through the restrictions of the stage."