Dance Instructor: ‘I was beaming the whole time’

Ms. Brown, a dance teacher for two years at a local ballet company and also at a dance company...
Dance Instructor: ‘I was beaming the whole time’
Ms. Brown and Mr. Moore (The Epoch Times)
2/5/2009
Updated:
10/1/2015
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Ms. Brown and Mr. Moore (The Epoch Times)

MINNEAPOLIS—Ms. Brown, a dance teacher for two years at a local ballet company and also at a dance company, and Mr. Moore, a software engineer, had some wonderful things to say to The Epoch Times about the Divine Performing Arts show stopping in Minneapolis.

Ms. Brown teaches various styles of dance including jazz, Danny Pocheski style, and ballet. She said the show was, “joyful” and “boundless”, ad said she enjoyed the colors and beauty in the performances. 

“I was just loved watching movement really—I am a movement junkie,” she said laughingly. “It made me want to know more about the culture and I don’t know that much about the culture to tell you the truth...Grace and beauty, we need more of that in the world. The show is very hopeful!”

When asked what piece she felt particularly moved by, she continued, “I was deeply moved by the family piece—about the family. That’s going on throughout history for many different cultures—people being taken away from their families.”

Indeed, this part of the show, Heaven Awaits Us Despite Persecution, has touched the heart of many of the viewers. In it a family is broken apart when the father is persecuted for practicing Falun Gong in China, a traditional spiritual discipline.

Mr. Moore, the software designer, also had some things to say about the show: “I especially liked the sense of joy of the performers and the way they worked together and the way that they were in sync with each other and the movement was very fluid. I just enjoyed the sense of light.

He said he has seen many dance performances and the DPA show was “one of the most positive dance experiences that I’ve had.”

Ms. Brown continued, “I really believe that art will change the world and can change it. I think that the story is important to me, and I’m glad we can see it and we can learn about it. There’s a lot of persecution going on and how do we stop it? With energy, with prayer.”

She also expressed her wish that someday the show will be performed in China. “That’s what the human experience is from the beginning of time, from inside out. Movement and ritual ... I hope that maybe in the future this can be performed by these people there [in China].”

Mr. Moore added that the Chinese people were currently bereft of this kind of traditional dance because

“the Cultural Revolution stamped it all out.”

Ms. Brown explained that unlike a lot of the recent dances, this show had an understandable message.

“This was delightful, I was beaming the whole time,” she said. “I go to a lot of shows and sit and just think a lot about what this person is trying to convey. Sometimes, I just want to watch something incredibly beautiful by talented people and that’s why I enjoyed it, I think. It wasn’t simple by any means, it wasn’t that at all. It’s very difficult to get unison movement.”
 
When asked if they would recommend the show they both replied, “Yes, definitely!” and Mr. Moore chimed in, “I would come back next year. Definitely, we would come back to it.”

  For more information visit divineperformingarts.org

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