“I think that 100 million people have died from communism. Japan still has what it had, but China is losing what it was. And if you don’t do something, it will be gone forever,” Mr. Weinstein said. “So it’s important.”
Audience members often comment on the energy they feel from the performance.
“I think that when you bring the energy down from the heavens, most Americans don’t understand that in ancient China, there was a very spiritual and divine relationship with God,” he said. “I studied it, so I understand that and I think it’s very powerful, but it was destroyed by Mao. I mean, not destroyed, but suppressed. You have a big job to keep it alive.”
Ballet Teacher Says ‘Stunning’
Emily Morales found herself with tears in her eyes many times throughout the performance.
“This is something I would love to learn more about. It’s very beautiful ... I literally was almost in tears half the time,” Ms. Morales said.
She was struck by the beauty of a culture different from what she knows.
“It is a completely different culture than what we were raised in. It’s beautiful. I love it,” she said.
“It really is that hand-eye coordination with the feet as well. It takes a lot of practice because I don’t think I could do that as a dancer myself,” Ms. Morales said.
“It’s stunning the way they can do the acrobatics as well with tumbling. It’s hard to do it on bare floor and I do it myself and it’s hard to do it just as many times as the gentlemen and the women did,” she said. “So I’m very impressed [that] they can do it with ease and keep going with a whole routine for almost an hour. Stunning.”
