MELBOURNE, Australia—"Its really good actually. I liked it" said Baris Dolek from Turkey at the matinee session of the Spectacular at the Melbourne's State Theater on March 29.
"You can see a lot of respect from the dance moves and steps. They are taking an effort not to be outstanding but a more respectful and kind type of culture."
Boris, who is presently working in the business side of Shell Oil in Australia, was discussing the uniqueness of Chinese culture with his friend Kerem Akartunali, and how that was reflected in the Spectacular.
"I don't think there are any strong characters in the show like in Europe or in American shows," said Boris.
"Chinese culture is more like, everybody is dancing, but they are changing in terms of who is the lead of the show. Its good. I like the show."
Kerem, who is also from Turkey but works in the Math Department at the University Of Melbourne elaborated further saying "Western Culture people are more open, easy. You can just go to talk to people".
In the Spectacular however, "You can kind of see that in the show, you can see it even from dance moves, people are not trying to show off or something ... they are a little bit on the shy side. There are more moderate moves and such."
The two men from Turkey were just two of a number of nationalities present at the matinee highlighting Melbourne's multicultural community.
In one section of the theater was a large contingent of French mothers and their children, in another a large ethnic Chinese family, yet another a group from rural Australia, and still another a Greek family.
Melbourne is home to the second largest Greek community after Athens.
By all accounts all the nationalities represented appreciated the Spectacular's "shy side."
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