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WASHINGTON—On the evening of Feb. 11, the first of the six shows of Divine Performing Arts(DPA) in Washington D.C. took place at the Kennedy Arts Center. The audience from all arenas of life including politics, arts, and business applauded for a long time to express their appreciation of the artists. The Chinese in the audience felt especially proud of the show.
Mr. Kan, who is an expert at a Chinese academy, is on a family visit in U.S. He praised the wonderful nature of the show and praised DPA's efforts to promote Chinese classic culture.
Mr. Kan said the performance level was very high, and that his favorite part was the authentic Chinese classical dance. “The classic is the best," said Mr. Kan.
He also said that the backdrops of the show used high-level technology to represent the story, and it was his first time to see such unique backdrops.
He was referring to the digital images of deities in some of the presentations that travel from Heaven, come to Earth, and then appear live as actors take over the roles.
Mr. Kan said he liked this show very much for its "purity, authenticity, and refinement."
He said he had seen a lot shows in China but they were uneven in performing levels, some even contained absurd stuff. The bad shows were produced to make money, and cared little about the content. Some even discarded tradition and replaced it with so-called contemporary-style dance which was totally unacceptable. The bad things lead the young generation to ignore tradition, and not be able to appreciate the classical approach.
He said that DPA promoted overseas the authentic Chinese classical culture to the Western mainstream society and introduced the true traditional culture to them and showed them what true Chinese culture is. Lots of American do not know Chinese culture, so they wrongfully consider a lot of ridiculous matters as part of Chinese culture. Thus, what DPA is doing now has special meaning for Chinese culture.
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