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Western Audience Members in Montreal: The Spectacular Is a Completely New Experience
By a Minghui/Clearwisdom reporter
(Clearwisdom.net) New Tang Dynasty Television's Chinese New Year
Spectacular performed by Divine Performing Arts Touring Company had its premier
in Maisonneuve Theatre at the Place-Des-Arts in Montreal, Canada on January 15,
2008. After the show, we interviewed audience members to hear their impressions
of the show. Several Westerners said that this was their first exposure to the
richness of Chinese culture and it was a completely new experience. Bernice is a retired Human Resource Specialist. She told us, "I liked
it! It is a very different [art] form. I don't know anything about China ...
it's a discovery for me." She mentioned the details that she liked most about the show. "The
costumes are very nice and the performers are so graceful. I like the songs; we
don't hear this kind of song here." She repeated, "Its a new
discovery," and added, "and the music is very good!" Bernice said her favorite parts of the program were "The Tibetan dance,
tea dance, and the lotus dance." She also praised the masters of ceremonies
for their introductions before each performance, which helped her to understand
the special character of the dances. Bernice summed up her thoughts with, "It was my first Chinese show. I
enjoyed it. I'm really happy to be here." Seren, a student at Concordia University, and her sister Maryann came to the
show together. Seren is studying Chinese. She commented, "Very beautiful
show, the costumes, the dance, the songs, the choreography." Her sister Maryann added, "Everything was beautiful. Adorable and
marvelous. Everybody should see this show." The sisters also said that the Spectacular has both educational as well as
entertainment value and it helped them learn more about China and Falun Dafa.
"We have seen people practicing Falun Gong in Chinatown, but we didn't know
much about them." As for the persecution of Falun Gong that is still going
on in China, the sisters said, "It is so unfortunate, unfortunate!" |