MELBOURNE, Australia—Fanny Hanusin, a Indonesian-Chinese actor from Melbourne saw the Chinese Spectacular on its premier night at the Arts Centre State Theatre Friday night.
"Oh, I think it's visually stunning. I like the costumes and it's really colourful, and the dancers, everything, yeah, really good," she said.
"You know this kind of show, usually I only watch them on TV using the satellite, but it's different to watch it live, because it's really nice. And I see the difference between ballet and classical Chinese dance.
"I suppose Chinese classical dance is more acrobatic, and it puts more emphasis on overall visual, it's about the formation of the dancers, like when they are swirling, swirling their sleeves and stuff. It's very visual, to form these...it has to fit a painting, like a big picture on stage. I think in ballet they have a little bit of that as well. I haven't seen ballet that much actually.
"But I see how the costumes play an important part in the dance as well as the dance itself. And there is this big group of dancers forming this visual show, it's sometimes quite mesmerizing to watch."
Ms Hanusin, who has been in Australia for around eight years is a theatre actor but also sings and dances. She said she particularly liked the erhu (traditional Chinese violin) performance but enjoyed many other aspects of the show.
"I like the music, oh, one particular dancer I like, I think it's Michelle, Michelle Ren or something, I think she's really good. She's really charismatic, when she comes on stage, when she moves, like you know it's very nimble, very nice. I like her dancing the most.
"I think everyone has done a good job, every dancer, and every musician"
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