“I thought it was excellent at every level. ... This was so well executed at a very subtle, subtle level. It was quite elegantly performed. The color, the pageantry—every way you measure a performance, it was well done. Plus, there was a beautiful message behind every single [piece].” 
 

“I’m thinking in terms of tea ceremony subtlety, in terms of the elegance of meditation, in terms of the grace of various types of martial arts. … It seemed like everybody was so well-trained, and their heart and their passion was with everything they were doing.” 
 

“I don’t think you could talk [the dancers] out of doing [the performance], and I don’t think you could talk someone into doing it. It’s one of those things that comes from such a pure place.”