“Besides learning new forms of beauty, art, and dance, I learned more about how the feeling is conveyed in an accurate way through music and dance—feelings so profound, so beautiful, so human.”

“To me, it’s very positive to let the world know about the truth of the oppression that Chinese people suffer nowadays and for many years now...I know these limitations well, for I am from Cuba, and I, too, suffered the limitations of communism. I identify, and feel very supportive, and saddened by the repression that Chinese people suffer right now.”