Senior Fine Arts Teacher: Dancers ’seem to be in a painting’

Following Japan and South Korea, Divine Performing Arts (DPA) International Company arrived in Taiwan.
Senior Fine Arts Teacher: Dancers ’seem to be in a painting’
Ciyuan Hong, a senior fine arts teacher (Mansiong Ao/The Epoch Times)
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Ciyuan Hong, a senior fine arts teacher (Mansiong Ao/The Epoch Times)
TAINAN, Taiwan—Following Japan and South Korea, Divine Performing Arts (DPA) International Company arrived in Taiwan.

Ciyuan Hong, a senior fine arts teacher, said the dancers are very beautiful. “They seem to be in a painting. DPA displayed the inner meaning of belief through arts impeccably. It is worth promoting.”

Mr. Hong has a major in arts at the National Taiwan Normal University and a master degree in arts at the Chang Jung Christian University.

“I was not only seeing the performance by the dancers. I was also enjoying a beautiful picture and work of art. This feeling, this realm, is very nice. Every scene in the backdrops has its own character. It makes me feel that it’s very profound.”

He said that the stage design and the costumes have wonderful and natural colors. The colors seem to carry the feeling of Chinese tradition. Especially in the programs Flowing Sleeves and Dance of the Snow-Capped Mountain, the use of the long sleeves is gorgeous. It fully displays the elegance and grace of women.”

Mr. Hong, who published many research reports on the blending of watercolors, said, “The combination of colors in DPA is very harmonious and brilliant. The green and yellow in Flowing Sleeves and the purple in Dance of the Yi, when the dancers lift up and extend their skirts, wow, it was stunning. The white The Udumbara’s Bloom has very soft and gentle costumes. It is even more so when the dancers’ gestures are so beautiful.

“The figures in the backdrops become the dancers. Then the dancers vanish into the backdrops again. This is very creative.”

Mr. Hong said that it’s nice that DPA brings spiritual content into the show. And the beautiful show does not make it seem like pompous moralizing.

“When I first saw the show, my heart was astounded. Wow! It’s so beautiful. It was extremely moving.”

 
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