NEW YORK—The last Divine Performing Arts (DPA) “Chinese New Year Spectacular” in New York City this year was at Radio City Music Hall was on Sunday, Jan. 25, and many audience members honored performers with a standing ovation.
Mr. Lieberman, an artist, brought his wife and child to watch the show.
“Very lively, very uplifting, and also educational about Chinese culture, which both my wife are very enthusiastic about,” said Mr. Lieberman, who has been doing fine art for the past twenty-five years and owns an art gallery in SoHo.
Mr. Lieberman, whose art will be exhibited in an upcoming four-day show, commented on the animated background, which was present throughout all the performances.
“We expected to see something and we were not disappointed. The liveliness—the backdrop that we saw was incredible,” said Mr. Lieberman who couldn’t decide whether it resembled photography or painting.
He was also impressed by the music.
“The instruments that were used, some of the solo Chinese instruments were incredible—the sound. … There was one, [the “erhu”] [with which] I never heard it before. It’s very impressive,” said Mr. Lieberman.
The DPA orchestra begins with a classical Western orchestra as its foundation and augments this with traditional Chinese instruments.
“So all in all we’re coming out pretty much alive and stimulated. The colors, the dancing, it’s very much alive,” commented Mr. Lieberman.
“Well the choreography, I admire choreographers, I admire dance because any staging or any stage, the complexity of putting it together, bringing all the elements, the visual, the movement, the coordination is—I believe much more complex than what I do for instance, which is one image at a time.
“So I’m in great admiration of that and I think those that put it together here ought to be admired.
“We see a lot—we’ve been living in New York a long time, we see a lot of shows, but this one was—and the enthusiasm of the dancers was—the quality was very high.
“At the end of the show I was wide awake and very enthused, and it’s going to go in my head all the evening and tomorrow probably and affect my work. The variety—all the elements, the poetic elements, both in the dance and in the actual poetry, were really very, very enhancing, that really is the way I saw it,” described Mr. Lieberman.
DPA aims to create unique productions that are not only entertaining and beautiful but also educational, enriching, and uplifting. Its vision is one of Chinese cultural renewal.
DPA takes its inspiration from 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. Many of its dances are based on the country’s wealth of myths, legends, and historical stories.
Mr. Lieberman talked about the flow of the whole show, which presents a different performance every time the curtain opens.
“I’m only aware while thinking that these were actually separate dances, separate choreography, but there was a definite continuity, in the character of the presentation, in the flow, in the energy level, so it’s all very commendable and all very enjoyable,” he concluded.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour.
For more information, please visit divineperformingarts.org
Mr. Lieberman, an artist, brought his wife and child to watch the show.
“Very lively, very uplifting, and also educational about Chinese culture, which both my wife are very enthusiastic about,” said Mr. Lieberman, who has been doing fine art for the past twenty-five years and owns an art gallery in SoHo.
Mr. Lieberman, whose art will be exhibited in an upcoming four-day show, commented on the animated background, which was present throughout all the performances.
“We expected to see something and we were not disappointed. The liveliness—the backdrop that we saw was incredible,” said Mr. Lieberman who couldn’t decide whether it resembled photography or painting.
He was also impressed by the music.
“The instruments that were used, some of the solo Chinese instruments were incredible—the sound. … There was one, [the “erhu”] [with which] I never heard it before. It’s very impressive,” said Mr. Lieberman.
The DPA orchestra begins with a classical Western orchestra as its foundation and augments this with traditional Chinese instruments.
“So all in all we’re coming out pretty much alive and stimulated. The colors, the dancing, it’s very much alive,” commented Mr. Lieberman.
“Well the choreography, I admire choreographers, I admire dance because any staging or any stage, the complexity of putting it together, bringing all the elements, the visual, the movement, the coordination is—I believe much more complex than what I do for instance, which is one image at a time.
“So I’m in great admiration of that and I think those that put it together here ought to be admired.
“We see a lot—we’ve been living in New York a long time, we see a lot of shows, but this one was—and the enthusiasm of the dancers was—the quality was very high.
“At the end of the show I was wide awake and very enthused, and it’s going to go in my head all the evening and tomorrow probably and affect my work. The variety—all the elements, the poetic elements, both in the dance and in the actual poetry, were really very, very enhancing, that really is the way I saw it,” described Mr. Lieberman.
DPA aims to create unique productions that are not only entertaining and beautiful but also educational, enriching, and uplifting. Its vision is one of Chinese cultural renewal.
DPA takes its inspiration from 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. Many of its dances are based on the country’s wealth of myths, legends, and historical stories.
Mr. Lieberman talked about the flow of the whole show, which presents a different performance every time the curtain opens.
“I’m only aware while thinking that these were actually separate dances, separate choreography, but there was a definite continuity, in the character of the presentation, in the flow, in the energy level, so it’s all very commendable and all very enjoyable,” he concluded.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour.
For more information, please visit divineperformingarts.org
