Audience Member Praises 'Spectacular' For Exposing Communist Suppression

Susanna Hrotkova and Allejandro Relanzon at the Spectacular (Marco T'Hoen/The Epoch Times)

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Chinese Spectacular may be a thorn to the Chinese communist regime, but one audience member at the Prague performance praised the show for exactly what the dictatorship resents.

Susanna Hrotkova, who works at Maitrea, a holistic education company in Prague, attended Divine Performing Arts' Chinese Spectacular on Tuesday at the Prague Congress Center.

"It is a very nice show, and the performances overall looked very delicate," said Hrotkova.

"I liked the real beauty of the show. Like the flowers, and the colorful things in the skies, like rainbows and stars. Such wonderful and beautiful things."

Hrotkova said she also enjoyed the Chinese music, which was often "very gentle sounding."

"It was very dynamic performance."

Like in other cities, the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic attempted to interfere with the Prague presentation of the Spectacular. The interference included letters to politicians and an ad on the front page of a Chinese newspaper telling Chinese people not to attend the show.

That interference became public knowledge after the embassy sent a letter to the largest television station in the country asking it not to attend the Spectacular. Instead, the host of a popular morning show revealed the letter to the entire country while interviewing two of the Spectacular's performers.

Hrotkova hadn't seen the morning show but had no doubts the communist regime would try to interfere with the Spectacular.

"I guess that the current Chinese government doesn't like good, traditional things," she said.

"I believe that they would not want other people to see it because of the show's history. They had the Cultural Revolution in China for the purpose of getting rid of all China's previous traditions and values. They were against all culture; they wanted people to dress the same as everybody else. This show is completely the opposite. It is so colorful and very nice."

The Spectacular will hold its final Prague performance Wednesday before continuing the European portion of its global tour with dates in Berlin and Stockholm.

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