(Clearwisdom.net) After Sweden, Finland, and Romania, the Divine Performing Arts continued to blaze a trail of glory in the Nordic region. Their next stop was Milan, one of the main fashion centers in the world and the second largest city in Italy. They wowed the audience with a spectacular display of dazzling artistry and heartrending storytelling inspired by classical Chinese culture.

Maurizio Nichetti is a popular actor, screenwriter, director, and producer, sometimes known as the "Italian Woody Allen.. He served as a jury member at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival and the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was Artistic Director at the Trento Film Festival. He bought a ticket to the Spectacular after seeing a TV ad. He said the Divine Performing Arts had achieved success just by staging the show in Milan. After watching the performance, he said, "This cannot be described on an ordinary scale. ... This is a rare treasure and must not be compared with other shows. What's most surprising is that it brings together [a wonderful mixture of] culture and tradition, all within one brilliant show."

Nichetti also works at mime theaters because he enjoys watching a group of people making simple movements. He said, "My favorite part of the Spectacular was the dancing. I loved the typical rapid movements radiating explosive power that so seamlessly transitioned into slow movements that reflected such delicate and fluid grace, and yet it always struck the right chord both technically and emotionally. No genre of dance in Europe can measure up to this."

According to Raffaela Pet, a dancer and teacher, it was, "The first time I've seen such an excellent performance in Italy. The performers are incredibly expressive, and the dances and the stage scenery were breathtakingly gorgeous with unique colors. It was exquisite and made my heart rejoice." She also noted the lack of education in classical Chinese dance in Milan, "I hope we'll have schools that teach classical Chinese dance here in the future so we can learn it."

Mr. Bruno Siti, a former stockpile manager with ENI, Italy's oil and gas corporation, and his wife attended the opening show in Milan on April 15. He said the performance reminded him of historic tales about Genghis Khan, "I'm very interested in Chinese culture and I loved this show. The first program, 'Descent of Celestial Kings,' was stunning; I could not have possibly anticipated that at all. I could understand the meaning behind the dance, and the hosts of course helped enhance our comprehension. I know about contemporary China in the past five decades, and it's not a very long time compared to China's 5,000-year-old history. Fifty years from now, many things may be different."

ENI is an Italian multinational oil and gas company with a presence in 70 countries. It is currently Italy's largest industrial company.

Gabriele Marzorati, an engineer, said the Spectacular has an "amazing, vibrant spirit" and corrected a lot of notions he previously held about China. "Traditional Chinese culture was destroyed by the Communist Party and the Red Guards, and Europe has a false conception of China. This show took me to the China before all those disasters took place, so I praise the Divine Performing Arts from the bottom of my heart."

Claudia, an IT manager, came to the Spectacular after receiving a flyer about the show. She was deeply moved by the performance, "'The Mongolian Bowl Dance,' the drums, and the songs all touched me profoundly. The lyrics were just marvelous."

She had an especially powerful, almost visceral response to the words "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance." She said, "We all need to think about 'Truth, Compassion, Tolerance' on a daily basis. Although they are simple, they entail magnificent messages for the entire world, not just one culture or one individual."