MUNICH, Germany—Anita Haas, a retired dancer who heads a ballet school in Ingolstadt, was highly impressed by the Chinese Spectacular , which she attended at the Prince Regent Theater in Munich on Saturday.
"I was quite interested to see this and found it remarkable. I had never seen anything like this and was immensely pleased."
Intrigued by the colorful advertisements for the show, Haas became curious and decided to attend the Spectacular.
Technical information about Chinese classical dance and ballet techniques was available to the audience in the program. Haas commented on the dance techniques.
"The soft movements, the arm movements in particular, the flowing motions, can easily be seen as part of ballet and of classical dance. The choreography apparent in this performance approximates those in Western ballet."
One peculiarity of Chinese classical dance is the presentation of a story within a story, based on a profound theme.
"It is remarkable that the audience is presented with the essence of the theme in such a brief time span. Time seems to fly. Generally viewed, the soloists are doing a fine job, but the ballet corps are a dynamic whole. The soloists always seemed to have found their place in the whole, just as in Western choreography. The stars portray their solo parts but then again integrate into the whole."
Haas added that the performances were "very dynamic, very soft, very fluent, and kept the audience spellbound."
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