“The visual, the patterns while they’re dancing, the athleticism, the grace, the music—I love the instrumentation. I’m glad that in between the different acts, the different sections, that there are narrators telling us what’s going to be happening.”

“I really enjoy hearing instruments from other countries, and that’s why I’m enjoying the instrumentation, and the orchestration, and the onstage percussion.”

“I like “The Awakening.” I thought that was very moving.”

“Because I think it’s a universal theme, how, as human beings, we can go through transformation like that and regardless of the culture that’s something that we all can experience in different ways.”

“I loved it! I love it! ... It made me socially aware of things that are going on. And I loved the solo, that was beautiful!”