Brown is a supervisor at a healthcare agency, and Briggs is a lawyer from Long Island, a suburb of New York City.
It was Brown’s third year watching DPA perform.
“I loved the graphics, I loved the performance,” she said. “It was spectacular. I really enjoyed it.”
Saturday was Briggs’ first time attending the performance. “But it definitely won’t be the last,” he said.
Brown was impressed by the overall quality of the traditional Chinese performing arts displayed by DPA.
“The costumes are really, really elegant,” she raved. “The work, the performance, the action—it has no comparison.”
“I especially enjoyed the spring flowers performance, where the fans they were using turned into a flower,” Briggs said referring to the dance “Welcoming Spring.”
‘Magic was holding it up’
“The cloth they use was just so beautiful, and some of it looked as if magic was holding it up. The costumes were very effective.”
Briggs was also impressed by the dance “Monk Ji Gong Abducts the Bride.” “The monk was very expressive,” he said, referring to dancer’s movements and gestures. “His dance was one of the best in that you didn’t have to know the story to understand what he was doing.”
“I must say that the singers were excellent, especially the last tenor [prior to intermission, Zheng Ning],” Briggs said. “He has a very rich and powerful voice. He filled the room without needing amplification, which is always a sign of an excellent singer.”
Both of them felt the message conveyed by the singers were uplifting and positive, especially given the circumstances and the pessimism prevalent in today’s society.
