“I’m very impressed with the tradition, the history, the connection between the past and the present that will never be forgotten whatever happens.”

“[The dancers’] flexibility is really perfect. And the orchestra did very well. The colours, everything, it’s like meditation.” 

“[You feel] freedom, [as if] you can fly everywhere. … From the same seat where you are sitting, you can go everywhere, from the past to the present, here, or in China, anywhere—it is the philosophy of art.”