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IN AWE: Mr. Tabush, a permanent violinist with the Columbus Theater (Teatro Colon) in Buenos Aires. (The Epoch Times)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—In its second performance at the Belgrano Auditorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shen Yun Performing Arts continued to enthuse audiences, who at times couldn’t wait until the end of each segment to show their appreciation and applauded during the dances.
The mission of the Shen Yun Performing Arts show is to deliver performances of “consummate beauty and goodness,” according to the program notes. Goodness is explored in the meaning of the stories depicted—vignettes that tell tales of modern courage in the face of evil, and those that tell of divine gifts to mankind, among others.
Beauty is explored through the expression of Chinese classical dance and through the music, performed by both classically trained vocalists and a Western orchestra supplemented by traditional Chinese instruments.
After watching the show which had three curtain calls and an encore performance, Mr. Tabush, a permanent violinist with the Columbus Theater (Teatro Colón) in Buenos Aires, was eager to share his thoughts on the night’s performance.
“The dancers moved like they were all one body. The coordination of the movements is unbelievable—to where it appears supernatural, and I don’t know how they are able to accomplish this unity. It’s marvelous,” he said.
Having traveled all over the world—including China—he said he had never seen anything that compares to Shen Yun. He commented, “One feels as if transported to China with its stamp of different regions and their respective cultures represented, and if not for this show, I would have never seen them.”
As for the dancers, Mr. Tabush said they were “exceptional—all possessing a lot of energy, vitality, and life.”
He found the traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument, the erhu, “expressive and fantastic.” He expounded that in spite of its having only two strings, it is able to achieve an astonishing amount of expressiveness. He was moved by its purity, saying that after all this time, it has retained its traditional form, and he was in awe of its elemental nature.
Mr. Tabush was fascinated by the background graphics saying, “The interaction of the background screen with the performers is just fantastic. I couldn’t figure out how they did it.”
Stunning digital backdrops at each Shen Yun Performing Arts show—some of celestial palaces, Mongolian grasslands, and blossoming trees—are custom-designed to exactly match the costumes for a given dance, the story line, the lighting, and even the choreography. At key moments, a divine being may be seen to fly in from the backdrop and then live actors seem to spring from the sky.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
