Four-year-old Ned was there on the final night with his mum Susie. (Shar Adams/The Epoch Times)
Tenor Guan Guimin and contralto Jiansheng Yang both gave encores as a response to the enthusiasm of the audience. People applauded in thanks for Shen Yun’s superb performance.
“Beautiful, wonderful, spectacular. I enjoyed it immensely,” said manager Mr. Milancovski.
"The performance is not just [a] performance. ... There’s poetry, there’s a story to tell.”
Mr. Milancovski said China’s 5,000 years of culture "needs to be released and reborn again,” and he was glad Shen Yun was fulfilling that role.
Four-year-old Ned was there on the final night with his mum Susie. Wide-eyed and happy to have seen the show, Ned could not stop talking about the story Monk Ji Gong Abducts the Bride. The monk tries to warn a bridal party of an impending disaster. "And the rocks they fell down ... ,” Ned explained.
Susie said she had chosen to see Shen Yun because she thought they both would enjoy it, and she was right. "We both enjoyed it, didn't we Ned?" she asked.
In fact, the representation of ancient China told in Chinese classical dance and music, was better than she could have imagined. She said that Ned stayed focused throughout the entire show.
"I like the ribbons too," Ned piped up as he described the final scene Knowing the True Picture Offers Ultimate Hope.
Susie, who works for a design company, said she would tell her friends to come and see the show when Shen Yun returns next year, saying, "It's great for our Australian culture."
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