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Posted by Bobo on April 4, 2009
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Posted by Bobo on January 14, 2009
TORONTO— When Mr. Rodrigues, an accomplished photographer, saw the Divine Performing Arts’ Yi Ethnic Dance on Sunday in Toronto, he was impressed.
“Beautiful colours, beautiful, beautiful! Very uplifting,” said Mr. Rodrigues who was also captivated by the choreography of the dance whose playful movements and silken rainbow-like skirts depict the joyful spirit of the Yi people, one of southern China’s largest ethnic groups.
“They were swinging their dresses and it kind of gave you that whole motion feeling. It was kind of nice,” he said.
Mr. Rodrigues, who has worked for advertising agencies nation-wide, has also employed his creative photography on brand name campaigns for the likes of Cambell’s, General Mills, Maple Leaf, Kraft, Tim Hortons, Jello-O, and Molson.
He said he was impressed by the aesthetic beauty of the entire show.
“Almost everything is a picture by itself,” he said.
Mr. Rodrigues, who brought his adopted 11-year-old daughter from mainland China, was also interested in the cultural aspect of the show.
“It was important for us to come and see it. That was really good.”
Divine Performing Arts will take to the stage twice more in Toronto on Tuesday and Wednesday evening before moving on to New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall. Divine Performing Arts has two other dance company’s currently touring in the United States.
- The Epochtimes, Jan 11, 2009
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Posted by Bobo on November 23, 2008
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Posted by Bobo on October 23, 2008
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Posted by Bobo on April 14, 2008
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Posted by Bobo on April 4, 2008
From Youtube, by NTDTV-
Audience Feedback on 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular (11)
Audience Feedback on 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular (12)
Audience Feedback on 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular (13)
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Posted by Bobo on January 25, 2008
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Posted by Bobo on January 20, 2008
By Jason Loftus, Epoch Times Toronto Staff, Jan 19, 2008- 
TORONTO— Vanessa Harwood is among Canada’s most honoured dancers. After attending the Toronto premier of Divine Performing Arts’ Chinese New Year Spectacular at the Sony Centre she’ll be telling others about the beauty of the show.
Harwood was a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, once home of National Ballet of Canada, is her home, says Harwood. She danced there with the National Ballet in the 1960’s and 1970’s and her photo still hangs on the wall in the theatre.
(photo: Honoured Canadian ballet dancer Vanessa Harwood/ by the Epochtimes)
In 1984, Harwood was honoured for her accomplishments with the country’s top civilian honour, the Order of Canada.
She attended the show Friday with her husband, Hugh Scully, is a surgeon, professor, and former president of the Ontario Medical Association.
“There’s this sort of calmness that goes through it. . . this ethereal feeling,” said Harwood, describing the show. “Everything is sort of on one level. It has passion, but yet it’s calm. And it’s beautiful.”
“It’s not just pretty pretty. It’s serious pretty – there’s a lot of depth to it, and a lot of meaning. They take it very seriously. And it’s beautiful to see it.”
The Divine Performing Arts dance company has made it a mission to revive classical Chinese dance, a form of traditional culture that has been suppressed almost to the point of extinction in China by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
Harwood spoke about how the Khmer Rouge communist dictatorship that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and killed a quarter of the population tried to destroy Cambodian dance but was unsuccessful.
“The Cambodian dance, they tried to kill it completely; one person survived and brought it back. Dance expresses your culture, so it will never go. It’s so important for dance as a culture to continue someone’s culture.”
“It’s like the lotus flower,” said Harwood, comparing the ability of dance to rise from adversity to that of the flower which rises from the mud to grow into something beautiful.
“If you can preserve it, it’s fantastic.”
“And there’s one other thing about dance – it has no language barrier. You can understand it no matter what your language is.”
With her past experience as a dancer Harwood said she was able to see the amount of rehearsal that went into the show. She could tell the backgrounds of many of the dancers. Besides the obvious training in classical Chinese dance Harwood identified that particular dancers were clearly trained in ballet, some in other dances.
“They’re so elegant and beautifully rehearsed. And it’s very nice to see the Chinese culture mixed with the classical dance.”
Her favourite performance depicted traditional Mongolian dancing. “There’s something mysterious about it,” she said.
Harwood is a member of the World Dance Alliance, which describes itself as the primary voice for dance and dancers throughout the world. The organization encourages the exchange of ideas and the awareness of dance in all its many forms. She said she plans to recommend the show to others in the organization.
“I’m going to have to tell them – they’ll have to see it when it comes to their town.”
“This is beautiful, it’s professional and very well done.”
The Toronto debut of the Chinese Spectacular performed before a packed Sony Centre, one of city’s top cultural venues and the largest soft-seat theatre in Canada. The audience appeared engrossed in the show, with frequent raptures of applause. An ovation sustained throughout the curtain call, with many rising to show their appreciation. Friday’s performance was the first of five shows in Toronto and one of twenty shows in Canada.
After Toronto, the Spectacular will continue on its global tour, which includes an 11-day run at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York. The show returns to Canada for shows in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary in the spring. By the end of its tour, the show will have played to a total live audience of 650,000 in over 60 cities and 14 countries.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts shows that will perform in over 60 cities worldwide in 2008. To find a show near you, please visit www.bestchineseshows.com.
- Original report from the Epochtimes
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Posted by Bobo on January 18, 2008
By Matthew Hildebrand, Epoch Times Ottawa Staff, Jan 15, 2008- 
Playing to a sold-out crowd in Ottawa on Sunday, the Chinese New Year Spectacular, performed by the Divine Performing Arts company, dazzled a full house of 2,100 at the National Arts Centre, prompting a standing ovation.
Ontario’s Minister of Community and Social Services and Francophone Affairs, Madeleine Meilleur, had high praise for the performance.
“This show is just wonderful,” she exclaimed. “The costumes are outstanding, the choreography is wonderful—it’s a wonderful history of China through singing, dancing, and the costumes.
(photo: Ontario Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleur. /Ivan Ning/The Epoch Times)
“I am so pleased I had the opportunity to see this show tonight as it represents very well the Chinese culture and traditions, and it’s just outstanding. There are no words to describe exactly what I saw tonight.”
Divine Performing Arts says its performances celebrate human dignity and positive values, aiming to provide an experience of consummate beauty and goodness.
“The music was wonderful; the singer had a beautiful, beautiful, golden voice.”
“The message is very clear,” Meilleur added. “You see through the dance, the choreography, the pain that Chinese people have gone through.”
Hosted in Ottawa by New Tang Dynasty TV and the Falun Dafa Association of Canada, the Spectacular will visit Europe, Asia, the U.S., and Australia before returning to Canada in April and May.
- Source: the Epochtime
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