CNN Founding Producer: Terrific! A Marvelous Program!
Ted Kavanau, CNN Founding Senior Producer, Founding President of "Headline News":
"Terrific! A marvelous program! Everything was highly professional in every single way."
Renowned Violist: An Evening of Performance Never to Forget
Eric Shumsky, “one of the most outstanding violists of his generation,”(late iconic William Primrose), son of legendary violinist Oscar Shumsky. On Jan 31, 2008, Shumsky watched the Divine Performing Arts show for the 2nd time in Radio City. Upon leaving theatre, he hand-wrote his praise. Later he sent an email, claiming it to be “an evening of performance never to forget!” Here is excerpt from his email:
“I was very moved, almost to tears. That was a beautiful performance...I was extremely impressed."
"Her [Michelle Ren’s] grace is an understatement in elegance, simplicity, and beauty, and her presence divine splendor.
"I know most of the classical string players performing today and I dare say most of them could take lessons in the essence of expression [from Erhu player Xiaochun Qi].”
Oscar-Award Winning Actress: A Fabulous Evening! An Astonishing Show!
Patricia Neal, winner of 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Awards from the British Academy (twice), Golden Globe award, Lifetime Achievement Awards at SunDeis Film Festival and many awards:
“I adored it! It was really a fabulous evening. I loved everything from beginning to end… It was an astonishing show!”
Award-Winning Writer: It Highlights Cultural and Moral Values
Prof. Cyril Dabydeen, award-winning writer, poet and critic, co-winner of the top Guyana Prize for Fiction in 2007, nominee for Int’l IMPAC Dublin Literary Award:
“It was so marvelous; it transported me back in time, in a sense of a beautiful, wonderful, quintessential Chinese culture… I've worked in multiculturalism for 15 years. This high quality of choreography, dance, singing, the sopranos, drumming, the orchestra — it's an extraordinarily high quality. It enhances all of us."
Canadian Official: A Great Message for Truth, Divinity and Sense of Purpose
Lisa McLeod, Member of Provincial Parliament, Canada, attended the show in Ottawa in Jan 2008:
It's absolutely amazing... The dancers, the music, it's something that every child should see. It's a great message—a great message for truth, divinity, and sense of purpose.”
School Board Member: A Show that Children of All Ages Can Appreciate
Excerpt from a letter of John Freddick, founding board member of Harlem Link Charter School in New York:
“Students from our school enjoyed the show so much, you can see this from the writing and artwork they did for homework. … This is a show that school children’s of all ages can appreciate, learn and fit into their curriculum.”
10-year old James & his Mom, reviewers for Chiff.com, enjoyed the Chinese New Year Splendor show in Radio City in 2008.
James (10-years old): “Definitely recommend it to other kids my age”
Mom: “A marvelous experience. This show is a wonderful introduction to the outstandingly rich Chinese culture. It was a delightful evening filled with beauty, splendor, hope and power! Bravo, bravissimo!”
Famous Chinese Journalist: Spiritual Baptism by Divine Performing Arts
Ms. Lin Xiling began her literature and art career at a very young age. She was known as “the last rightist in China” and was jailed for 15 years in China before moving to France in 1983. She attended four Divine Performing Arts shows and accepted exclusive interview by The Epoch Times in Dec. 2007.
"I appreciate God who gave me a chance to watch the Divine Performing Arts and left me the opportunity to pursue the truth of life. When I was a Christian, I accepted baptism by submerging my body in water. The Divine Performing Arts is a baptism of purifying the soul with a show."
