FINLANDThe Chinese Spectacular was received by an enthusiastic audience on Sunday afternoon.
Since the show was in the afternoon, many families brought their children with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Salmiovirta attended the performance with their five year old daugther Nuppu. They had seen an advertisement in the local morning paper "Aamulehti" that inspired them to buy the tickets.
Mrs. Kukka Salmiovirta who is a registered nurse was particularly fond of the artist's costumes. "Wonderful costumes, we admired them a lot, and the music was really beautiful."
"Our daughter Nuppu, liked the opening scene. And I liked especially the Nymphs of the sea," said Mrs Salmiovirta.
Mrs Salmiovirta said, "She felt there was deep meaning in the performances, which she could not put in words.
Two sweet elderly ladies, Terttu and Sointu that had traveled 80 kilometers from a small town of Ruovesi to see the show. They were very content to have bought the tickets to the show. Terttu has been working at Finnish Social Insurance office, and Sointu, (whose name means "melody") has been a farmer.
They both spoke enthusiastically about the performance. "It is very difficult to say in so short time which was better. It was totally lovely, the movements, the colors, the beautiful clothes and music. The drums were also fantastic. Every performance was fantastic."
Both Terttu and Sointu were impressed by the backdrop that they said fitted the performance very well. The fire that came out from the volcano and the rain in one of the scenes was very realistic.
Another lady in colorful clothes who is sitting in the audience, Helena Petersen Dygve, was recently retired. She had worked at the United Nations as an assistant in the Economic Commission of Europe (ECE).
"The show was really fantastic, especially the male dancers, they were so masculine and the ladies very beautiful," said Helena.
Helena Petersen Dygve has been dancing at the Letīs Dance School in Helsinki, in order to keep fit and has a special interest in different types of dance. "I was interested to come and see the Chinese dances because I have been taking many dancing lessons in different types of dancing."
Helena Petersen Dygve wanted to give a special message to the Chinese dancers:
"I admire these Chinese artists discipline and long training. And I would like to thank them for this."
The Spectacular will play in Tampere for two days, after which the group will return to Stockholm for an encore performance on April 3.
For information about upcoming Divine Performing Arts shows, please visit:
www.BestChineseShows.com.
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