SALFORD, UK—Shen Yun Performing Arts performed at the Lowry Salford on Feb. 23 to an enthralled audience. Jane Ellis Tait, a teacher, Louise Jackman, a graphic designer, and Sara Gore, a software product owner, liked what they saw.
Ms. Ellis Tait said, “We had a really wonderful time.”
She said Shen Yun’s performance was sold out in Birmingham so they bought tickets for the Salford venue.
She especially liked the music of the erhu, “I wanted to cry when the instrument was playing—I was.”
Ms. Jackman said that, as a designer, the colors of the “Sleeves of Grace” dance inspired her. “The flower scene, we were saying, with the yellow sunflowers and the costumes, how the stems were green. The colors were amazing,” she said.
“The colors seemed to move as the dancers moved. They moved as well with the dancers, the green and the orange, the blue and the orange. You watch all the movements.”
Ms. Gore concurred that everything was beautiful to look at and admire. “You just don’t know which one, which dancer, to look at.”
Ms. Ellis Tait agreed that reviving stories and traditions of the culture “was brilliant. I love the traditional stories,” she said.
With ancient China’s foundation in a spiritual culture, Ms. Ellis Take said it was a positive experience.
Ms. Jackman made the connection with traditional stories in British culture. “They reminded me of an old-fashioned British story where you had the comedy and the good and the evil,” she said.
“I really get that, as well,” said Ms. Jackman. “I really love all that tradition. I really loved it.”
Decorator Inspired by the Brilliant Colors
Painter, decorator, and business owner Bothina Elessaway, and Dave Higson, a joiner, enjoyed many aspects of the Shen Yun performance. “The female dancers were phenomenal,” Mr. Higson said.“They glided across the floor. Brilliant.”
Ms. Elessaway said that she found out about Shen Yun online and said it was a wonderful experience. She liked “everything! [I will] definitely come again.”
Although she has a different faith, Ms. Elessaway appreciates the finale, showing how the Creator came to save people. “I loved it. I’m a Muslim, but I still feel it,” she said.
Both had kind words for the performers. “Thank you very much. You were fantastic. Thank you,” Ms. Elessaway said.
Mr. Higson concurred. “Awesome. Awesome. Thank you.”
