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| {{quote|“The performances are inspired, the costumes and scenery enchanting, and the show as a whole a delight to experience. And besides its professional excellence, the Spectacular exudes a wonderfully positive karma. These beautiful, gifted people are expressing something that’s both pure and good.”| Philadelphia Weekly}} | {{quote|“The performances are inspired, the costumes and scenery enchanting, and the show as a whole a delight to experience. And besides its professional excellence, the Spectacular exudes a wonderfully positive karma. These beautiful, gifted people are expressing something that’s both pure and good.”| Philadelphia Weekly}} | ||
| “Boldly ambitious and enormously popular... a visually dazzling tour of 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture... carefully designed, richly costumed pieces – everything from colorful handkerchief dances, Imperial-style dances in high platform shoes, drum dances, folk dances... a heady blend of the ancient and modern, of traditional Chinese instruments and their Western counterparts, and contemporary experiences... a grand cavalcade of Chinese cultural scenes.” | {{quote|“Boldly ambitious and enormously popular... a visually dazzling tour of 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture... carefully designed, richly costumed pieces – everything from colorful handkerchief dances, Imperial-style dances in high platform shoes, drum dances, folk dances... a heady blend of the ancient and modern, of traditional Chinese instruments and their Western counterparts, and contemporary experiences... a grand cavalcade of Chinese cultural scenes.”|San Francisco Chronicle}} | ||
| San Francisco Chronicle | |||
| “An extravagantly beautiful production… Lavish production numbers, colorful sets, dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography, and booming Tang dynasty drums.” | {{quote|“An extravagantly beautiful production… Lavish production numbers, colorful sets, dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography, and booming Tang dynasty drums.”|BroadwayWorld.com}} | ||
| BroadwayWorld.com | |||
| “A vivid, authentic portrait of Chinese arts… revels in long-standing myths and legends through extraordinary costumes and vigorous physicality designed to appeal to diverse audiences.” | {{quote|“A vivid, authentic portrait of Chinese arts… revels in long-standing myths and legends through extraordinary costumes and vigorous physicality designed to appeal to diverse audiences.”|Denver Post}} | ||
| Denver Post | |||
| “The Spectacular was a spectacle from its very first moment… an array of diverse and delightful dances… eye-pleasing formations, flowing arms, small, scampering steps and serene, seemingly divinely inspired faces… each and every Spectacular costume was just that, incorporating a brightly colored, beautiful range of fabrics as well as intricate headpieces… left its audience with the tranquil sensation of having witnessed something both enlightening and resplendent.” | {{quote|“The Spectacular was a spectacle from its very first moment… an array of diverse and delightful dances… eye-pleasing formations, flowing arms, small, scampering steps and serene, seemingly divinely inspired faces… each and every Spectacular costume was just that, incorporating a brightly colored, beautiful range of fabrics as well as intricate headpieces… left its audience with the tranquil sensation of having witnessed something both enlightening and resplendent.”|ExploreDance}} | ||
| ExploreDance | |||
| “Mission accomplished! It was a tantalizing and fascinating evening that made me want to stay and see more. In a word, I was simply captivated… colorful and lively theatrical presentation... motion pictures and drums and elegant dance and singing that gave a glimpse of a culture and its history that was at times hypnotic in its presentation, sensual in its fluid movements, and inspirational in its theme… marvelous precision dragon dances, stunning sequences comprised of silken young girls in colorful outfits who were gifted with graceful movement, and flawless musical performances… simply astounding to watch and a pleasure to the ear.” | “Mission accomplished! It was a tantalizing and fascinating evening that made me want to stay and see more. In a word, I was simply captivated… colorful and lively theatrical presentation... motion pictures and drums and elegant dance and singing that gave a glimpse of a culture and its history that was at times hypnotic in its presentation, sensual in its fluid movements, and inspirational in its theme… marvelous precision dragon dances, stunning sequences comprised of silken young girls in colorful outfits who were gifted with graceful movement, and flawless musical performances… simply astounding to watch and a pleasure to the ear.”|OperaOnline}} | ||
| OperaOnline | |||
| “Indisputably a spectacle… The women, meanwhile, make for a beautiful and haunting ensemble. They are as delicate as they are quick, and their skills include a nimble mastery of traditional talents, such as the classic fan dance... Some of the most jaw-dropping moments came from the thunderous intensity of a solo pianist named Yan Li.” | {{quote|“Indisputably a spectacle… The women, meanwhile, make for a beautiful and haunting ensemble. They are as delicate as they are quick, and their skills include a nimble mastery of traditional talents, such as the classic fan dance... Some of the most jaw-dropping moments came from the thunderous intensity of a solo pianist named Yan Li.”|Chicago Tribune}} | ||
| Chicago Tribune | |||
| “Boasts an array of colors as well as gracious and harmonious dance movements, allowing local audiences to see a kind of Chinese art that cannot be found elsewhere.” | {{quote|“Boasts an array of colors as well as gracious and harmonious dance movements, allowing local audiences to see a kind of Chinese art that cannot be found elsewhere.”|Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)}} | ||
| Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) | |||
| “It was spectacular—with gorgeous multi-colored costumes, athletic dancers, lovely traditional Chinese music and fantastic singers… Being the son of a Cantor, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for tenors, and hearing Chinese legendary tenor Guimin Guan… was the highlight of the evening for me. His voice is similar to the voice of the great Italian tenor Benjamino Gigli, with a glorious sweet upper range-and crystal clear diction, sung with great emotion.” | {{quote|“It was spectacular—with gorgeous multi-colored costumes, athletic dancers, lovely traditional Chinese music and fantastic singers… Being the son of a Cantor, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for tenors, and hearing Chinese legendary tenor Guimin Guan… was the highlight of the evening for me. His voice is similar to the voice of the great Italian tenor Benjamino Gigli, with a glorious sweet upper range-and crystal clear diction, sung with great emotion.”|DC Theatre Scene}} | ||
| DC Theatre Scene | |||
| “ huge scenic projected backdrops are inspired—brilliant, the lighting is perfect… Inspiring… a visit to a magical Shangri-la.” | {{quote|“ huge scenic projected backdrops are inspired—brilliant, the lighting is perfect… Inspiring… a visit to a magical Shangri-la.”|Performing Arts Insider}} | ||
| Performing Arts Insider | |||
| “Superb! Every performance was stunning.” | {{quote|“Superb! Every performance was stunning.”|WNYC}} | ||
| WNYC | |||
| “This cross-cultural, bilingual extravaganza not only features singing and dancing with beautiful costumes and superb talent, but it also has dragons, heavenly maidens, bold warriors, and drums... Even when the large-scale dance numbers left the stage to make way for solo artists, the size of their stage artistry was ample for the space… These troupes and performers, some from Canada, some from China, and even Germany, are all tightly choreographed and smartly professional… An overwhelming theme of the show is a tremendous sense of spirit, a feeling of joy.” | {{quote|“This cross-cultural, bilingual extravaganza not only features singing and dancing with beautiful costumes and superb talent, but it also has dragons, heavenly maidens, bold warriors, and drums... Even when the large-scale dance numbers left the stage to make way for solo artists, the size of their stage artistry was ample for the space… These troupes and performers, some from Canada, some from China, and even Germany, are all tightly choreographed and smartly professional… An overwhelming theme of the show is a tremendous sense of spirit, a feeling of joy.”|San Francisco Bay Times}} | ||
| San Francisco Bay Times | |||
| “An extravagantly beautiful production… Presented by Divine Performing Arts… whose lavish production numbers, colorful sets, dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography, and booming Tang dynasty drums… reveal the fascinating lifestyle and legendary elegance of the traditional China of yesterday coupled with the contemporary influence of today’s Western world… dozens of dancers in stunning hand-designed costumes.” | {{quote|“An extravagantly beautiful production… Presented by Divine Performing Arts… whose lavish production numbers, colorful sets, dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography, and booming Tang dynasty drums… reveal the fascinating lifestyle and legendary elegance of the traditional China of yesterday coupled with the contemporary influence of today’s Western world… dozens of dancers in stunning hand-designed costumes.”|BroadwayWorld.com }} | ||
| BroadwayWorld.com | |||
| “Booming drums and graceful dance.” | {{quote|“Booming drums and graceful dance.” |The Philadelphia Inquirer}} | ||
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | |||
| “A visually exquisite offering with beautiful sound… strikingly intricate melodies… The costumes are vibrant and elaborate, but not too flashy. The dancers, mostly Chinese Americans, display moves that are high on synchronicity and subtlety, and achieve a sensitive and authentically traditional elegance.” | {{quote|“A visually exquisite offering with beautiful sound… strikingly intricate melodies… The costumes are vibrant and elaborate, but not too flashy. The dancers, mostly Chinese Americans, display moves that are high on synchronicity and subtlety, and achieve a sensitive and authentically traditional elegance.” |NYTheatre.com}} | ||
| NYTheatre.com | |||
| “This is a really wonderful performance. I would recommend it to everyone. I recommend everyone go out and get tickets… Don’t see it once, see it twice.” | {{quote|“This is a really wonderful performance. I would recommend it to everyone. I recommend everyone go out and get tickets… Don’t see it once, see it twice.”|WVOX 1460 AM}} | ||
| WVOX 1460 AM | |||
| “Celebrates Chinese culture in its fullest flower… A Riverdance-style fusion of classical dance, music, myth and spectacle… Expect an explosion of color and sound on stage, as centuries of Chinese creativity come to life against high-tech scenic backdrops.” | {{quote|“Celebrates Chinese culture in its fullest flower… A Riverdance-style fusion of classical dance, music, myth and spectacle… Expect an explosion of color and sound on stage, as centuries of Chinese creativity come to life against high-tech scenic backdrops.”|Charlotte Observer}} | ||
| Charlotte Observer | |||
| “When spirituality, reverence, and discipline are brought to art, something special that lifts the human spirit is bound to happen. It is a gift from the artist to the viewer.” | {{quote|“When spirituality, reverence, and discipline are brought to art, something special that lifts the human spirit is bound to happen. It is a gift from the artist to the viewer.”|White Plains Times}} | ||
| White Plains Times | |||
| “A dazzling array of costumes, and a crack orchestra that seamlessly fused Chinese and Western classical instrumentation… Bright background scenes underscored the idealized tone with rainbows arching above flowered meadows and sun rays kissing snowy mountain ranges.” | {{quote|“A dazzling array of costumes, and a crack orchestra that seamlessly fused Chinese and Western classical instrumentation… Bright background scenes underscored the idealized tone with rainbows arching above flowered meadows and sun rays kissing snowy mountain ranges.”|Boston Herald}} | ||
| Boston Herald | |||
| “Impressive… The production is a vision of loveliness, from the very first moment as the audience sees stylized dancers scurrying about the stage dressed as angels that look as if they are floating over a smoke-filled stage … The melodies run from delicate to dynamic. The costumes are brilliantly colored authentic dress that delights the eye. The projections are amazingly three dimensional… They are the best projections I have seen in a very long time.” | {{quote|“Impressive… The production is a vision of loveliness, from the very first moment as the audience sees stylized dancers scurrying about the stage dressed as angels that look as if they are floating over a smoke-filled stage … The melodies run from delicate to dynamic. The costumes are brilliantly colored authentic dress that delights the eye. The projections are amazingly three dimensional… They are the best projections I have seen in a very long time.”|Talkin’ Broadway}} | ||
| Talkin’ Broadway | |||
| “Get on the horn and find out if they still have tickets, because this is what they mean when they use the word entertainment… Wonderful… so graceful the heart longs for more when the dancers leave the stage after all too short a time… Scores of costume changes, some interesting special effects, marvelous dance numbers that tell intricate, but easy to follow stories… absolutely perfect music by the Divine Performing Arts Orchestra.” | {{quote|“Get on the horn and find out if they still have tickets, because this is what they mean when they use the word entertainment… Wonderful… so graceful the heart longs for more when the dancers leave the stage after all too short a time… Scores of costume changes, some interesting special effects, marvelous dance numbers that tell intricate, but easy to follow stories… absolutely perfect music by the Divine Performing Arts Orchestra.”|Brooklyn View}} | ||
| Brooklyn View | |||
| “Incredible… Groundbreaking… The number one way for New York families to celebrate the New Year!” | {{quote|“Incredible… Groundbreaking… The number one way for New York families to celebrate the New Year!”|MSNBC News}} | ||
| MSNBC News | |||
| “DPA is indeed something holy and weighty. Independent from China's communist regime since its formation in 2006, the New York-based cultural organization joins heavily costumed dance, traditional percussion and grand orchestration as part of its ancient storytelling and educational ideal... There are no communist red flags or People's Liberation Army men pirouetting. There are no unfortunate tales of patriotism. Everything is one long splash of color and movement — as if the dancers, drummers and vocalists had waited centuries to break out in song. And in a way, they have.” | {{quote|“DPA is indeed something holy and weighty. Independent from China's communist regime since its formation in 2006, the New York-based cultural organization joins heavily costumed dance, traditional percussion and grand orchestration as part of its ancient storytelling and educational ideal... There are no communist red flags or People's Liberation Army men pirouetting. There are no unfortunate tales of patriotism. Everything is one long splash of color and movement — as if the dancers, drummers and vocalists had waited centuries to break out in song. And in a way, they have.”|Philadelphia City Paper}} | ||
| Philadelphia City Paper | |||
| “An impressive display of scenic effects to inspire awe… breathtaking vistas… Snow-capped mountains, lush valleys, rivers, waterfalls, blossoming gardens, pagodas and temples and street scenes serve as backdrops… gossamer draped maidens skimming through the clouds... Dance is at the heart of this expansive entertainment… Artistically choreographed divertissements in which sea nymphs cavort in the waves and brightly costumed dancers fill the stage as flowering forsythia are lovely to watch… Enough can't be said about the artistic mission of a company that employs six choreographers.” | {{quote|“An impressive display of scenic effects to inspire awe… breathtaking vistas… Snow-capped mountains, lush valleys, rivers, waterfalls, blossoming gardens, pagodas and temples and street scenes serve as backdrops… gossamer draped maidens skimming through the clouds... Dance is at the heart of this expansive entertainment… Artistically choreographed divertissements in which sea nymphs cavort in the waves and brightly costumed dancers fill the stage as flowering forsythia are lovely to watch… Enough can't be said about the artistic mission of a company that employs six choreographers.”|CurtainUp}} | ||
| CurtainUp | |||
| “The show is certainly a spectacle. The production values are grand in terms of costumes and scenic effects, and the performers are all very good-looking and meticulously disciplined... the lush and tuneful original music is a fusion, layering a Western orchestra with traditional Chinese instruments” | {{quote|“The show is certainly a spectacle. The production values are grand in terms of costumes and scenic effects, and the performers are all very good-looking and meticulously disciplined... the lush and tuneful original music is a fusion, layering a Western orchestra with traditional Chinese instruments”|Globe and Mail}} | ||
| Globe and Mail | |||
| “A bona fide phenomenon... A cultural renaissance.” | {{quote|“A bona fide phenomenon... A cultural renaissance.”|Westchester County Business Journal}} | ||
| Westchester County Business Journal | |||
| “A memorable and satisfying spectacle.” | {{quote|“A memorable and satisfying spectacle.”|Canberra Review}} | ||
| Canberra Review | |||
| “Breathtaking... Seeks to unite people through the sharing of traditional Chinese cultural arts that have suffered greatly under oppressive political regimes.” | {{quote|“Breathtaking... Seeks to unite people through the sharing of traditional Chinese cultural arts that have suffered greatly under oppressive political regimes.”|City Beat}} | ||
| ⚫ | {{quote|“Be transported to a world of heavenly maidens and magical fire-breathing dragons as the show combines amazing costumes and exhilarating dance routines guaranteed to leave people wanting more.” | The Canberra Times}} | ||
| City Beat | |||
| ⚫ | {{quote|“Gorgeous. Beautiful!” | WABC Eyewitness News}} | ||
| ⚫ | “Be transported to a world of heavenly maidens and magical fire-breathing dragons as the show combines amazing costumes and exhilarating dance routines guaranteed to leave people wanting more.” | ||
| The Canberra Times | |||
| ⚫ | {{quote|“The stunning gracefulness and strength of the individual dancers is immeasurably enhanced with precise and imaginative group choreography, sumptuous costuming, and magnificent set designs and backdrops using traditional painting together with multi-media technology. The entire production is a beautiful blend of antiquity and modernity... If you’re bone-weary of the offensive, obscene, absurd, and insipid offerings that are passed off as entertainment and culture these days, you owe it to yourself and posterity to indulge your inner aesthete in the refreshingly innocent beauty and artistic splendor which these outstanding artists bring to the stage.”|The New American}} | ||
| ⚫ | “Gorgeous. Beautiful!” | ||
| WABC Eyewitness News | |||
| ⚫ | {{quote|“Gloriously colorful... Ancient legends and courageous heroic figures come to life through its leaps, its spins and its delicate gestures.”| PhillyBurbs.com}} | ||
| ⚫ | “The stunning gracefulness and strength of the individual dancers is immeasurably enhanced with precise and imaginative group choreography, sumptuous costuming, and magnificent set designs and backdrops using traditional painting together with multi-media technology. The entire production is a beautiful blend of antiquity and modernity... If you’re bone-weary of the offensive, obscene, absurd, and insipid offerings that are passed off as entertainment and culture these days, you owe it to yourself and posterity to indulge your inner aesthete in the refreshingly innocent beauty and artistic splendor which these outstanding artists bring to the stage.” | ||
| – The New American | |||
| ⚫ | {{quote|“Extraordinary.”|Femme Actuelle }} | ||
| ⚫ | “Gloriously colorful... Ancient legends and courageous heroic figures come to life through its leaps, its spins and its delicate gestures.” | ||
| PhillyBurbs.com | |||
| ⚫ | {{quote|“Combines ancient and modern with spectacular pageantry… wholesome, family-friendly… revives cultural holiday traditions, some dating back 5,000 years, which had all but been forgotten.”|Ottawa Sun}} | ||
| ⚫ | “Extraordinary.” | ||
| Femme Actuelle | |||
| ⚫ | “Combines ancient and modern with spectacular pageantry… wholesome, family-friendly… revives cultural holiday traditions, some dating back 5,000 years, which had all but been forgotten.” | ||
| Ottawa Sun | |||
Revision as of 20:04, 14 April 2009
For a more balanced presentation we could draw from these sources as well:
“The performances are inspired, the costumes and scenery enchanting, and the show as a whole a delight to experience. And besides its professional excellence, the Spectacular exudes a wonderfully positive karma. These beautiful, gifted people are expressing something that’s both pure and good.”
— Philadelphia Weekly
“Boldly ambitious and enormously popular... a visually dazzling tour of 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture... carefully designed, richly costumed pieces – everything from colorful handkerchief dances, Imperial-style dances in high platform shoes, drum dances, folk dances... a heady blend of the ancient and modern, of traditional Chinese instruments and their Western counterparts, and contemporary experiences... a grand cavalcade of Chinese cultural scenes.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“An extravagantly beautiful production… Lavish production numbers, colorful sets, dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography, and booming Tang dynasty drums.”
— BroadwayWorld.com
“A vivid, authentic portrait of Chinese arts… revels in long-standing myths and legends through extraordinary costumes and vigorous physicality designed to appeal to diverse audiences.”
— Denver Post
“The Spectacular was a spectacle from its very first moment… an array of diverse and delightful dances… eye-pleasing formations, flowing arms, small, scampering steps and serene, seemingly divinely inspired faces… each and every Spectacular costume was just that, incorporating a brightly colored, beautiful range of fabrics as well as intricate headpieces… left its audience with the tranquil sensation of having witnessed something both enlightening and resplendent.”
— ExploreDance
“Mission accomplished! It was a tantalizing and fascinating evening that made me want to stay and see more. In a word, I was simply captivated… colorful and lively theatrical presentation... motion pictures and drums and elegant dance and singing that gave a glimpse of a culture and its history that was at times hypnotic in its presentation, sensual in its fluid movements, and inspirational in its theme… marvelous precision dragon dances, stunning sequences comprised of silken young girls in colorful outfits who were gifted with graceful movement, and flawless musical performances… simply astounding to watch and a pleasure to the ear.”|OperaOnline}}
“Indisputably a spectacle… The women, meanwhile, make for a beautiful and haunting ensemble. They are as delicate as they are quick, and their skills include a nimble mastery of traditional talents, such as the classic fan dance... Some of the most jaw-dropping moments came from the thunderous intensity of a solo pianist named Yan Li.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Boasts an array of colors as well as gracious and harmonious dance movements, allowing local audiences to see a kind of Chinese art that cannot be found elsewhere.”
— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
“It was spectacular—with gorgeous multi-colored costumes, athletic dancers, lovely traditional Chinese music and fantastic singers… Being the son of a Cantor, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for tenors, and hearing Chinese legendary tenor Guimin Guan… was the highlight of the evening for me. His voice is similar to the voice of the great Italian tenor Benjamino Gigli, with a glorious sweet upper range-and crystal clear diction, sung with great emotion.”
— DC Theatre Scene
“ huge scenic projected backdrops are inspired—brilliant, the lighting is perfect… Inspiring… a visit to a magical Shangri-la.”
— Performing Arts Insider
“Superb! Every performance was stunning.”
— WNYC
“This cross-cultural, bilingual extravaganza not only features singing and dancing with beautiful costumes and superb talent, but it also has dragons, heavenly maidens, bold warriors, and drums... Even when the large-scale dance numbers left the stage to make way for solo artists, the size of their stage artistry was ample for the space… These troupes and performers, some from Canada, some from China, and even Germany, are all tightly choreographed and smartly professional… An overwhelming theme of the show is a tremendous sense of spirit, a feeling of joy.”
— San Francisco Bay Times
“An extravagantly beautiful production… Presented by Divine Performing Arts… whose lavish production numbers, colorful sets, dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography, and booming Tang dynasty drums… reveal the fascinating lifestyle and legendary elegance of the traditional China of yesterday coupled with the contemporary influence of today’s Western world… dozens of dancers in stunning hand-designed costumes.”
— BroadwayWorld.com
“Booming drums and graceful dance.”
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A visually exquisite offering with beautiful sound… strikingly intricate melodies… The costumes are vibrant and elaborate, but not too flashy. The dancers, mostly Chinese Americans, display moves that are high on synchronicity and subtlety, and achieve a sensitive and authentically traditional elegance.”
— NYTheatre.com
“This is a really wonderful performance. I would recommend it to everyone. I recommend everyone go out and get tickets… Don’t see it once, see it twice.”
— WVOX 1460 AM
“Celebrates Chinese culture in its fullest flower… A Riverdance-style fusion of classical dance, music, myth and spectacle… Expect an explosion of color and sound on stage, as centuries of Chinese creativity come to life against high-tech scenic backdrops.”
— Charlotte Observer
“When spirituality, reverence, and discipline are brought to art, something special that lifts the human spirit is bound to happen. It is a gift from the artist to the viewer.”
— White Plains Times
“A dazzling array of costumes, and a crack orchestra that seamlessly fused Chinese and Western classical instrumentation… Bright background scenes underscored the idealized tone with rainbows arching above flowered meadows and sun rays kissing snowy mountain ranges.”
— Boston Herald
“Impressive… The production is a vision of loveliness, from the very first moment as the audience sees stylized dancers scurrying about the stage dressed as angels that look as if they are floating over a smoke-filled stage … The melodies run from delicate to dynamic. The costumes are brilliantly colored authentic dress that delights the eye. The projections are amazingly three dimensional… They are the best projections I have seen in a very long time.”
— Talkin’ Broadway
“Get on the horn and find out if they still have tickets, because this is what they mean when they use the word entertainment… Wonderful… so graceful the heart longs for more when the dancers leave the stage after all too short a time… Scores of costume changes, some interesting special effects, marvelous dance numbers that tell intricate, but easy to follow stories… absolutely perfect music by the Divine Performing Arts Orchestra.”
— Brooklyn View
“Incredible… Groundbreaking… The number one way for New York families to celebrate the New Year!”
— MSNBC News
“DPA is indeed something holy and weighty. Independent from China's communist regime since its formation in 2006, the New York-based cultural organization joins heavily costumed dance, traditional percussion and grand orchestration as part of its ancient storytelling and educational ideal... There are no communist red flags or People's Liberation Army men pirouetting. There are no unfortunate tales of patriotism. Everything is one long splash of color and movement — as if the dancers, drummers and vocalists had waited centuries to break out in song. And in a way, they have.”
— Philadelphia City Paper
“An impressive display of scenic effects to inspire awe… breathtaking vistas… Snow-capped mountains, lush valleys, rivers, waterfalls, blossoming gardens, pagodas and temples and street scenes serve as backdrops… gossamer draped maidens skimming through the clouds... Dance is at the heart of this expansive entertainment… Artistically choreographed divertissements in which sea nymphs cavort in the waves and brightly costumed dancers fill the stage as flowering forsythia are lovely to watch… Enough can't be said about the artistic mission of a company that employs six choreographers.”
— CurtainUp
“The show is certainly a spectacle. The production values are grand in terms of costumes and scenic effects, and the performers are all very good-looking and meticulously disciplined... the lush and tuneful original music is a fusion, layering a Western orchestra with traditional Chinese instruments”
— Globe and Mail
“A bona fide phenomenon... A cultural renaissance.”
— Westchester County Business Journal
“A memorable and satisfying spectacle.”
— Canberra Review
“Breathtaking... Seeks to unite people through the sharing of traditional Chinese cultural arts that have suffered greatly under oppressive political regimes.”
— City Beat
“Be transported to a world of heavenly maidens and magical fire-breathing dragons as the show combines amazing costumes and exhilarating dance routines guaranteed to leave people wanting more.”
— The Canberra Times
“Gorgeous. Beautiful!”
— WABC Eyewitness News
“The stunning gracefulness and strength of the individual dancers is immeasurably enhanced with precise and imaginative group choreography, sumptuous costuming, and magnificent set designs and backdrops using traditional painting together with multi-media technology. The entire production is a beautiful blend of antiquity and modernity... If you’re bone-weary of the offensive, obscene, absurd, and insipid offerings that are passed off as entertainment and culture these days, you owe it to yourself and posterity to indulge your inner aesthete in the refreshingly innocent beauty and artistic splendor which these outstanding artists bring to the stage.”
— The New American
“Gloriously colorful... Ancient legends and courageous heroic figures come to life through its leaps, its spins and its delicate gestures.”
— PhillyBurbs.com
“Extraordinary.”
— Femme Actuelle
“Combines ancient and modern with spectacular pageantry… wholesome, family-friendly… revives cultural holiday traditions, some dating back 5,000 years, which had all but been forgotten.”
— Ottawa Sun
Taken from http://www.divineperformingarts.org/reviews/the-media