“It was wonderful—the costumes, the characters, the actual choreography,” broadcaster Ian Pelham-Turner said.
“In my past, I’ve been a political broadcaster as well, so I know how hard it is to actually bring peace to this world. And when you come out after an afternoon of a performance like this, the reality is that you feel more peaceful. You feel at ease and that’s one of the major values of actually coming to something like this. It’s very therapeutic,” he said.
Biomedical scientist Shazia Khan commented on the energy of the performance.
“It was very slow and gentle. It calms you down, but then it was very invigorating. It was very dynamic, and it was very energetic,” she said.
Each story is accompanied by a live orchestra that blends the musical traditions of the East and the West.
“I love the use of glissando by the musicians to move between the notes,” said musician Frank Percy. “It’s something you don’t find in classical music, in Western music, so it’s just something else.”
Pelham-Turner also commented on the music. “It’s almost ... it is perfect,” he said.
“It’s almost like a recording, but it’s not because you can actually see them live at the same time.”
