“[I]t just shows that language is not a barrier, and everyone does understand the message through dance, through art,” she said.
“I think that’s amazing even for the younger generation who may not understand—but it’s going to encourage them to go and find out about wider world issues.”
The New York-based company, established in 2006 by a group of elite Chinese artists, seeks to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation, which was almost lost under the communist regime.
“I think it’s wonderful that they care so passionately about that,” Ms. Fernandez remarked.
“It gives us food for thought to really appreciate what they’re trying to do and what they’re trying to revive. You have a much greater understanding and also a respect for what they’re trying to do.”
“And the timing, they’re all impeccably in time, like not one bit, even when they’re doing the big jumps and everything like that. So we are literally speechless.”
“I’ve never seen anything so amazing.
Reporting by NTD and Nina Nguyen.
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