BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—The Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular premiered to a full house at Bratislava’s Slovak National Theater on Sunday night. The performance company continues to draw high praise from audience members.
"It’s the most amazing thing that I have seen, I can say, I am overwhelmed. It's great...really. It's very strong emotions and I am very impressed," said Simona Smedova, a project manager at the Healthcare Ministry, during the intermission.
"I liked the contra alto, the singer, and I liked the piece with the lotus flower. Actually it was the idea of my friend, she got the tickets, and told me about it, and I was like, OK, let's go and see what it will be and it was great and I m looking forward to the next part."
She added, “Go and see, great colors, great music, great rhythm, great show!"
Businessman František Tatarko, who works in the building and construction industry, was already familiar with the show.
“It was splendid. I know the performance, I’ve already seen it in Paris. And now I’m very happy that it can be seen by people in Bratislava and that people liked the performance — it can be seen in the reaction of the audience.
“As a whole, the Chinese culture is such a gentle [one]. It can touch people, it is spiritual, it is heartfelt.”
In addition to spanning 5,000 years of history and featuring dances from various ethnic cultures from within China, the show also features contemporary human rights issues. A couple of dances highlight the peaceful response of the spiritual practice Falun Gong in the face of persecution by the Chinese regime.
Tatarko said, “I know that in China, there is a communist regime, and that they are persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. I’m very well informed about it, because my family member is interested in it.”
Frank Lu from Taiwan’s Foreign Service also mentioned this highlight: “I think the first part of the show is quite interesting and moving. It is giving us an idea of what is Falun Gong about, especially with a lot of cultural meanings behind it."
Lu mentioned his favorite performances.
“One is about the Mongolian, the tea, the ladies, at the top of their head [Mongolian Bowl Dance], and the other one is about the drummers. It’s quite moving"
"It’s a very interesting mixture of religion, performance, as well as a cultural event. I would encourage my friends if they have the opportunity to take a look at that."
After Bratislava, the Spectacular will carry on to Prague for more shows next week. A total of 35 shows will be seen in 14 European countries.
For information about upcoming Divine Performing Arts shows, please visit: www.DivinePerformingArts.org/sy/.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Chinese Spectacular. For our complete Spectacular coverage go to http://en.epochtimes.com/features/dpa2008/ http://en.epochtimes.com/features/dpa2008//a/i
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