AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Alfred Mitchell and Dianna Doney were so touched by the Chinese Spectacular that they wanted to share their feelings about it after attending the Friday night April 18 performance. The Epoch Times spoke with them after the show.
"Oh, the whole thing about truthfulness, compassion, and, you know, for... what was the last... what was the third one? Forbearance, yeah." said Mr Mitchell when asked what appealed to him most about the show.
These three words were revealed on a banner in Chinese in the performance, 'The Risen Lotus Flower', and were also in the lyrics of 'Rest in Knowing' sung by tenor Hong Ming.
"…in the songs, when they put the words up, I thought they were very spiritual messages. All … everything. Everything about the whole thing. And the whole thing about the culture too… you know the stories, telling the stories, their traditional stories and dance… it was great.
"Everything [is] good about it… the background music and everything, you know. It's unique, it's unique," continued Mr Mitchell.
Ms Doney agreed. She was also amazed by the singing of tenor Hong Ming. "That male singer was amazing. It was so powerful music about heaven and earth… that was really strong, you could feel it. His whole body showed it, expressed it, very powerful."
Mr Mitchell also liked the performance 'Predestined Relationship' by Erhu soloist, Mei Xuan, "The one that played that instrument, what was it? Two strings. Oh, that was beautiful, beautiful music, beautiful," he said.
The company of performers were appropriately named said Ms Doney, "Divine, what do they call themselves? Divine Performing [Arts]... that's perfect. That's exactly what it was. A divine experience."
Mr Mitchell thought so as well. "And it's beautiful colours. It's like a fantasy world, like a fantasy world."
Ms Dooney continued: "… these women carry themselves so gracefully and beautifully with what they're wearing. A lot of their presence, their divinity – that shows. Absolutely… and the message, the messages… the old teachings came through. The whole theme was gathering." she said.
Mr Mitchell had a similar impression: "And there's a message there, a message of what's happening to this world. It's like saying that we've lost our way. Humanity has lost its way. That's what I got from the outset, the messages. They're saying, go back 5000 years, and since 5000 years ago, we've sort of deteriorated… humanity as a whole."
"And it was a message of retrieving our basic spiritual principles of life. And it's so simple… and they did it so simply, yet so profound." added Ms Doney.
"Go back to the truth." Mr Mitchell concluded.
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