PARIS—On Saturday, Feb. 28, the Divine Performing Arts (DPA) New York Company once again graced the stage of the Palais des Congrès de Paris with its unique portrayal of Chinese traditional culture, and the audience was captivated by the performance.
Among them was Mr. Bonnot, who is part of a group that is called Les Charlots, the crazy boys. He is an artist and was invited by one of his friends to the Palais des Congrès in Paris and was “delighted to see this show.”
He was impressed by the number of performers, saying, “There are about a hundred artists on the stage and in the orchestra!
“This is a really gentle show, very colorful. Even more so, I found it really eclectic since there are singers, solo instrumentalists, and also dancers that are absolutely sensational.”
Mr. Bonnot was particularly impressed with the choreography, he said, “Moreover, I wish to say ‘bravo’ to the choreographer, since it is really, really well set up.”
He appreciated the truthfulness of the performance and noticed that it did not suffer from Chinese censorship. He explained, “And more so, the advantage of this show is that it shows us that in China there’s also repression. So the message is passed on, and I recommend to anyone who still hasn’t seen it to make an effort to see this show.”
Mr. Bonnot was especially moved by the piece Persecuted on a Sacred Path, which depicts the oppression which is a painful reality for many millions of persons in China today, as witnessed by an innocent family, whose father is persecuted for practising Falun Dafa, a traditional spiritual discipline. Theirs is the human face of the countless tragic, broken lives in China we seldom hear about. The scenes that ultimately unfold in this piece present a message of hope and bespeak of a longstanding Chinese belief that good people are ultimately rewarded, even if not in this lifetime.
Mr. Bonnot continued, “Truly, when the police come to get the man with his wife and daughter, to bring him, to carry him away like that. ... That touched me since I didn’t know that this existed in China.”
The guiding mission of DPA is to rediscover and renew humanity’s true, rightful cultural heritage. The company thus creates and performs works that center upon the true, divinely bestowed culture of humankind.
This was the second DPA performance as part of the 2009 World Tour at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. The final performance there is on Sunday, March 1, before going to London on the next leg of the World Tour.
For more information, please see DivinePerformingArts.org
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