FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--From the opening curtain to it’s closing, beautifully costumed Shen Yun artists portrayed stories from China’s rich cultural past in dance, song, and music to the present day.
This was the second and last show held at Lauderdale's Broward Center for the Performing Arts, on January 27.
Among the appreciative audience was Ms. Xiao Wang, a senior professor of the English campus at Broward College, who is also the adviser to the Asian American Club. Of Chinese ancestry herself, she was with 12 others, seven students, and friends and colleagues.
“I enjoyed the artistic part of the show very much, especially the stories from the classic Chinese novel, Chinese mythology,” she said. “The dancing, the color and the use of color is just amazing.
“Beautiful, beautiful! I love Chinese culture, that's where I'm from,” she said. “I love it, yes, very much, very classic part of the performance is about Chinese culture, especially the stories from mythology and the classic Chinese novel, like the Monkey King's Journey to the West. Yes, I loved the last part, because he is where I'm from. I enjoyed that part very much.”
In the finale, The Buddha’s Teachings Spread Far and Wide, after years of trials and tribulations, the monk Tripitaka [known also as Tang Seng or Xuan Zang] returns to the Imperial Palace triumphant and the entire land rejoices, according to the programme.
Shen Yun’s entire show resonated with Ms. Wang, as stories that were familiar to her came alive.
"Everything's beautiful,” she said, calling the performance an "aesthetic experience." Shen Yun's unique orchestra, composed of Western classical and Chinese traditional instruments, also exhibited sounds close to her heart.
She loved all the ancient Chinese instruments, particularly the erhu, a two-stringed bow instrument.
“I love the erhu--very touching, very soulful,” she said.
Although she had heard of the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts company, this was the first time seeing a performance at the behest of her students.
Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company will now perform in St. Petersburg, Jan. 29 and Jacksonville, Jan 30-31.
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