LONDON—Stephanie Mill is a London artist who works in ink, oil, and watercolours. She likes to use ink in the style of Chinese brushwork, which is one of the reasons she enjoyed the Chinese Spectacular, which played four shows this year at London's Royal Festival Hall.
She said she is inspired by Chinese art, and the visual side of the show interested her.
"I thought it was fantastic—really, really, exciting. I really liked all the use of colour, and the music was very good. I particularly liked the two-string violin [the erhu]. I thought that was really, really good. And all the traditions and the positive messages which were put out to the audience—I thought that was all very inspiring."
As one might expect from a visual artist, she was sensitive to the "fantastic use of colour, especially in the waterfall—using the fans and using the colour of that for the water effects and really, really interesting techniques that were used to portray things throughout the show…"
"Everything conjures up an image in your mind—really, really good."
Overall, she said she experienced a sense of benevolence, describing it as "peacefulness, and all of those messages were really, really good."
"If there's another show next year, that would be great. I came here with my family today, but I will recommend people to come and visit if I can."
Divine Performing Arts continues its European tour throughout February. For information about upcoming Divine Performing Arts shows, please visit:
www.DivinePerformingArts.org.
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