(Clearwisdom.net) On July 8, 2007, after the finals of the International Chinese Dance Competition, the Divine Performing Arts performed for the contestants, their families and the audience. Their excellent performances graced the stage.
  Mr. John Brown issues the Hilde Gerst Memorial Scholarship to Liang Shihua from Fei Tian Academy of the Arts, the second place winner in the young women's group. |
  John Brown issues the Hilde Gerst Memorial Scholarship to the representatives from Fei Tian Academy of the Arts. |
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The Divine Performing Arts performed at 81 Spectaculars in 33 cities around the world. More than 200 thousand people watched their performances. Their art manifests the divine traditional Chinese culture. The contestants of the dance competition said that the Divine Performing Arts performances are pure and peaceful.
Traditional Chinese art is powerful
Mr. John Brown, former parliament member of England and member of the Hilde Gerst Memorial Scholarship Foundation, said that the performances were impressive. He said Westerners should come to enjoy the pure Chinese culture, and that Chinese culture that has been manifested by the Divine Performing Arts.
Mr. Brown, as the representative of the Hilde Gerst Memorial Scholarship Foundation, issued a scholarship to the students of the Fei Tian Academy of the Arts for their contribution to the pure Chinese culture.
Perfectly demonstrated Chinese culture
Ms. Ouyang Huichen, a famous Chinese dancer from Taiwan, stated that the performance was excellent and vividly told the historic stories. She said it was an amazing manifestation of Chinese history and culture through music and dance.
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Ms. Wu from Hong Kong said: "I have never seen such an excellent show in America."
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Ms. Wu from Hong Kong said that everything, including the dance, music, costumes and stage design, was perfect.
Pure Chinese style
Meng Fan, one of the winners of the competition, said that the Divine Performing Arts dances are very pure. Lin Bohong, another one of the winners, had the same feeling. He said the dances have the pure Chinese style and illustrated the soul of ancient China.
Two contestants from Japan and Korea who were not selected for the finals said that through the Divine Performing Arts performances, they had a better understanding of Chinese dance. The Korean contestant said that Chinese dance is rooted in Chinese culture, which is very profound.
Two contestants from Japan and Korea
The performances manifest dancers' realm
The contestants of the competition said that the Divine Performing Arts style is pure and peaceful, which manifests the dancers' realm as cultivators.
Zhang Youfeng, a winner of the competition, said: "Chinese dances are different than aerobics. It requires profound content. The dancing skills are important, but the understanding of Chinese history and culture is more important."
Many contestants agreed that Divine Performing Arts perfectly demonstrated the Chinese culture and the Chinese style. Through the purity of the dances, one can tell that the dancers are kind and have high moral standards.
Cai Liang, a winner of the competition, said that the level of the performance was very high and very professional. He was happy to see that Divine Performing Arts tries to promote Chinese culture through music and dance.
Traditional Chinese culture moves Westerners
Lourdes Guzman of New York, an acupuncturist, sensed the energy in Chinese dance.
Lourdes Guzman of New York, an acupuncturist, liked the knife dance by Mao Xiang'en. She said the dancer's facial expression and movement were very powerful and she could sense the strong energy around the dancer.
A Retired Chinese dancer was moved by the performance
A senior Chinese dancer, who graduated from a Chinese dance school in 1949, was very excited by the performances. He said: "This is real art. The arts belong to the people, instead of a certain tyrannical power. Artists should have the freedom to compose and the right to express themselves through art."
He said: "The performances were very profound. The background for the dance "Mulan" is very simple, but it is a perfectly told historic story. In China, no art group dares to do this, because they seek money and a simple set-up cannot make them money. Nobody in China wants to compose a dance based on Yue Fei's story, but the Divine Performing Arts did and succeeded."
He said that the whole show was very successful. His only regret was that the theater at New York University was too small.
