LLANDUDNO, U.K.—The United Kingdom is one of the few remaining nations with a monarchy. Shen Yun Performing Arts uses dance and music to portray the famous emperors and other figures in Chinese history.
“I do appreciate that the two announcers are giving us a little bit of context,” said Mr. Good, who works in customer service.
Shen Yun’s patented digital backdrop is an endless extension of the stage. When the dance story takes place in a forest or somewhere in the heavens, the digital backdrop brings that setting to life.
“I’ve been really enjoying that. I read about that in the program [book]. They said it was patented technology as well. I’m really intrigued to see that. It’s great the way the actors interact with it as well. The timing as well—they’ve got it down to the absolute split second. It’s very clever,” said Mr. Good.
“The one that’s set in modern-day China, that actually hit quite hard. Very good,” said Mr. Good.
“It’s good to bring it to the forefront ... we’re obviously lucky it doesn’t happen here, and you forget it’s happening now, right,” said Ms. Stannard.
China was once known as the land of the divine. Although the people were ruled under different dynasties, there was a consistent belief in divinity.
“I didn’t really know anything about the specifics of spirituality in China. But I quite like the whole idea that we came from the heavens to the earth,” said Mr. Good.
Shen Yun’s next stop in the U.K. is Liverpool.
