INDIANAPOLIS—The final performance of the Divine Performing Arts (DPA) Chinese New Year Spectacular at the Murat Theatre, Indianapolis on Saturday Jan. 31 enthralled audiences with true, divinely bestowed culture of humankind.
Mr. Aak and his wife Mrs. Lengken-Ollier were among the audience who experienced the consummate beauty and goodness of the performances through classical Chinese dance.
Mrs. Lengken-Ollier, an interior designer, has an eye for beauty and detail. She was moved by what she saw and heard, the stories, the meaning expressed by the performances.
“The thing I liked most about the show is the beauty, and the meaning behind the dance and the song and the movement.”
“Within art I think there’s a purity and truth expressed here, the truth about being, why we are here.”
She was touched by the performers themselves; they embodied the beauty and the spirituality of their performances. She felt it was not just a performance but it was how they really are. She felt it with her heart and soul.
“One of the things that inspires me with the performers, they’re in a state of being. In a spirituality through all things, all the time. It’s not just a thing that you do at given moments, it’s something you’re living with every day. It’s a way of being.”
Mrs. Lengken-Ollier also appreciated the stories of the Asian religions and ancient stories. She explained, “I’m fascinated with eastern religious things, with the Dao and with Buddha and what’s also amazing is the ancient things that are so truthful today, things that are forgotten. I’m glad to see them living that way, not just for getting on stage.”
Mr. Aak, an importer and distributor, who is also a sculptor and painter, preferred the visual effects of the performances, the digital backdrops, the colors, the dance. He added, “I’m more fascinated by the action, the patterns, the costumes, and movements.”
“It’s like a kaleidoscopic picture. From A-Z, it’s fascinating. We’re not very familiar Chinese culture ... I love the characters of the language, the pictographs.”
This is the final performance of the Divine Performing Arts New York Company in Indianapolis the home of the annual Indianapolis 500 before travelling to Minneapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 3 on the next leg of its 2009 World Tour.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts International Tour.
For more information, please see divineperformingarts.org
