STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular continues to delight audiences during its five-show run at Stockholm's Circus Theatre with its portrayal of Chinese traditional culture.
Carina Larsson, a piano/music teacher at a public school in Stockholm, attended the Spectacular on Easter Monday with her cousin, who had travelled some 400 km to Stockholm with her adopted Chinese daughter just to see the show.
The 10-year-old girl came to Sweden as a baby so this was a real treat for her, her mother said. "Maybe because we cannot go to China… we can go to this," she added explaining further, "my daughter has the day off school tomorrow, only for this. I asked the teacher can we go and see this in Stockholm and she said of course, no problem."
When asked what they thought of the show, she was practically breathless. "The costumes, the dancing, the music, the drums, everything made my skin crawl—I had goose bumps during the entire two hours. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. It was amazing, absolutely fantastic."
"The show is amazing. I want to see it again. I can't describe it …in my brain it's just drums and costumes and all the colors."
The mother-daughter pair had to travel another five hours back home by bus the following day.
Larsson also thoroughly enjoyed the show.
"It was fantastic and the first scene when the stage is covered with fog — it was so beautiful, right from the beginning. ... The orchestra was amazing, and also the dancing."
The mix of Western and Chinese instruments especially impressed Larsson.
"I think it was a delicate blend of Chinese and Western music. It was a beautiful mixture and very nicely composed. I couldn't separate the Chinese and western music, it went together very beautifully, although I teach music in a public school."
She added that the Spectacular "captured the feeling of peace and love for the world, we're together, no boundaries between people, no wars between people.... We didn't need to know Chinese to understand. It was presented so artistically and beautifully for all the world to understand.
"I could instinctively understand the thought behind the show, because of the scenery, the gestures and the choreography. It's a very altruistic way to present [Chinese] culture."
Larsson liked the acts in the show that portrays the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Falun Gong is a spiritual discipline which has Truth, Compassion and Tolerance as its guiding principles.
"The message of peace and understanding of Falun Gong, fantastic, I love it. I liked the choreography, dance, dancers, the performance, and I love the Chinese instrument (Erhu). Western countries can learn about their culture by knowing of China's culture."
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