CHICAGO—The Divine Performing Arts show does more than inspire with its beauty and traditional dance and music—it can also remind those who lived under the old Soviet bloc of darker times. Attending the Chicago Divine Performing Arts performance on Saturday Dec. 27 were people from both Poland and Latvia.
Ms. Bonikowski, originally from Poland, liked the show. She mentioned that this was the first time she saw any kind of Chinese show. “I was a little surprised that the Divine Performing Arts dancers were from the United States and not China,” she said.
“We had the communist party in Poland,” Ms. Bonikowski said, “so I could relate” to the performances that depicted the persecution of Falun Gong in China. “I was sad and think about when communists were in Poland,” she added.
Two of the story-telling dances depicted Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China for their peaceful beliefs.
