Taiwanese National Treasure: Divine Performing Arts Takes Me Back to My Teenage Years (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On March 4, 2008, the Divine Performing Arts (DPA) Chinese Spectacular presented their first show at the Kaohsiung County Labor Recreation Center which concluded to overwhelming applause. Ms. Lee Tsai-E, an 83-year-old dancer honored as a national treasure, enjoyed the wonderful show and was deeply moved by the performance. She praised the program, saying that it displayed strength and beauty, brought out a lost memory from long ago, and made her feel like she was back in her teenage years.

Divine Performing Arts moved the audience's hearts

Ms. Lee Tsai-E (first left)

Audience's standing ovation

Ms. Lee Tsai-E has been in dance education and cultural promotion for over 50 years. At 83 years old, she still dances lightly with a straight tall figure. She studied dancing abroad in Japan when she was very young from her Japanese modern dancer father Baku Ishii. She established her first dance studio in Kaohsiung City, created a dancing trend in southern Taiwan, and she never stopped dancing.

Dance expert Ms. Lee Tsai-E praised the Divine Performing Arts as "Truly marvelous!"

As Ms. Lee watched the show, she sat at the edge of her seat, with her body tilted forward, and joy filled her facial expressions naturally. She led the audience in a standing ovation at the show's conclusion.

Ms. Lee said of the Divine Performing Arts Company, "Truly marvelous! I was imagining myself dancing with the performers on stage. I was so moved!" She added, "Every piece was very good, made it easy for the audience to have a good time, and every program expressed strength and beauty. The dancers fully displayed their feelings and the inner meaning of the program. For instance, the drummers were very powerful and sounded very clear. It was spectacular! They made me, an 83-year-old woman, feel like I was back in my teenage years. I truly thank all of you!"

Ms. Lee is very appreciative of Divine Performing Arts for having a mission to promote tradition in modern society, since traditions are declining. She said, "I admire the DPA's artistic director and choreographer very much. They do not forget our traditions, but they are also very creative. Those dancers are so young, but they carry orthodox cultural heritage. They were so marvelous! Truly marvelous! It is not easy to achieve this so well!"

She said, "I believe everyone here feels the same as I do. We all can find our long-lost memories and feel the genuine Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Really, I can feel their good wishes, which truly touches my heart." In conclusion, Ms. Lee said, "This was my first time seeing Divine Performing Arts, and I will certainly come again next year."

March 4, 2008

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/3/4/173671.html

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