DURHAM, N.C.—“Keep up the good work, keep hope alive,” were words coined especially for the artists of the Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour presentation at the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina.
“There’s always hope for the future,” Mitchill Archer, who works as an administrator, said capturing the full essence of his words from the dance, “Knowing the True Picture Offers Ultimate Hope.”
“The show was awesome! The color very inspirational. I’ve never seen anything like this before, but now that we have this performing arts center here, [I] look forward to having most shows dealing with diversity, culture, and stuff, so, this is really a rude awakening for what’s to come in the future. This is real good.”
His wife, Sheila Archer, enjoyed the dancing most of all.
“Everything was great. I can’t pick one thing, but if I had to, I would just say the dancing. Seeing all the dancing, the movement, the colors, the music, everything coming together was my favorite part. I love the dancers.”
Both agreed the show was well timed, especially regarding getting everyone seated after half time.
“The color schemes and the transition of different scenes, the performers, soloists, everything was wonderful,” Mrs. Archer said. “The culture brings us together!”
Mr. Archer noticed that not all of the performers were Chinese.
“I was amazed that other diverse cultures are willing to cross racial lines to see what it’s like to dance and learn more about other cultures and to be able to perform at that level on a professional basis. That is awesome. From afar you would automatically think they were all Chinese, but that wasn’t so. That’s very encouraging to see [in the performing arts], so as Chinese learn about African-American dances and whatnot, there is always hope.”
Mrs. Archer said she learned from the show that Chinese people were kindhearted and open-minded.
“They have a really deep culture that a lot of people need to learn more about. I’m learning as a go along,” her husband said. “I learnt how to say Ni hao!”
The Epoch Times is the proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts.
For more information please see DiviinePerformingArts.org
“There’s always hope for the future,” Mitchill Archer, who works as an administrator, said capturing the full essence of his words from the dance, “Knowing the True Picture Offers Ultimate Hope.”
“The show was awesome! The color very inspirational. I’ve never seen anything like this before, but now that we have this performing arts center here, [I] look forward to having most shows dealing with diversity, culture, and stuff, so, this is really a rude awakening for what’s to come in the future. This is real good.”
His wife, Sheila Archer, enjoyed the dancing most of all.
“Everything was great. I can’t pick one thing, but if I had to, I would just say the dancing. Seeing all the dancing, the movement, the colors, the music, everything coming together was my favorite part. I love the dancers.”
Both agreed the show was well timed, especially regarding getting everyone seated after half time.
“The color schemes and the transition of different scenes, the performers, soloists, everything was wonderful,” Mrs. Archer said. “The culture brings us together!”
Mr. Archer noticed that not all of the performers were Chinese.
“I was amazed that other diverse cultures are willing to cross racial lines to see what it’s like to dance and learn more about other cultures and to be able to perform at that level on a professional basis. That is awesome. From afar you would automatically think they were all Chinese, but that wasn’t so. That’s very encouraging to see [in the performing arts], so as Chinese learn about African-American dances and whatnot, there is always hope.”
Mrs. Archer said she learned from the show that Chinese people were kindhearted and open-minded.
“They have a really deep culture that a lot of people need to learn more about. I’m learning as a go along,” her husband said. “I learnt how to say Ni hao!”
The Epoch Times is the proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts.
For more information please see DiviinePerformingArts.org
