Engineering consulting is sometimes a balancing act, requiring not only a high mastery of the technology studied but also many human qualities, since the support provided to the clients must be both realistic and therefore authentic while remaining benevolent.

“I find there is a message about ancestral Chinese culture which is perhaps not what we have nowadays, but which was a precious asset, and is disappearing today, it’s a pity. It’s a shame. I think it’s rather good to bring it forth because we have a vision of today’s China that is not quite like the original China!”

Pittet approves of this mission: “It’s a good approach, a nice approach that we need today, but not only for China. So, I am quite pleased to delve into a distant past, but one that is still relevant today. Well, one that also foreshadows current events! I find it rather pleasant, relaxing, it brings us somewhere new, and since I really like everything Asian, especially China, but old China, not necessarily today’s China.”

The universal values that Shen Yun brings forth are the foundation unto which its choreography is built: courage, honesty, loyalty, benevolence, filial piety—which did not leave Pittet indifferent.

“We have other cultures that share some of these values, and we find this kindness towards others, this altruism, almost universally. I am pleased to say that even though we may be from very different ancestral cultures, we share common values, which are very clearly simply human values.”

“It’s nice to be able to say that there was another vision in the past and that this vision is still quite universal! May it come back to the forefront here and there, here too we need serenity, we miss it sometimes,” he said.