“I think on a spiritual level because I have a holistic approach to my own understanding of life, I was quite moved by the aspect of bringing in the spiritual because we have [different] understandings of it in different cultures,” said Sabi Chahal, a psychotherapist.

“To understand it from the Chinese perspective of what it means to them, and how it’s actually woven through movement. Something that I really learned from today was how profound movement can be,” she continued.

“It was their discipline. You could see in each movement, how [their] hands and arms and legs are elevated and with such elegance and grace. I think the word is grace. And then I think also with grace, comes hope and in each of the stories there was hope,” said Chahal.

“I thought that was actually very effective. It brought an element of connecting the audience more with the scene of what was actually happening. It animated it much more, brought a little bit more depth,” Chahal said.

“I absolutely loved it. I was very moved and very touched by the cultural aspects, but most importantly, there’s a sense of loss. Holding onto such beautiful aspects of one’s culture, how important that is. And I was actually very, very moved by the stories. And the music was just phenomenal. Very talented.”

“I kept nudging my daughter, going ‘Oh look at those colors’,” she said. “’Look how beautiful that outfit is!‘, ’Oh look at that combination!' It just flowed. And the orchestra, that is just absolutely profound.”