“It was absolutely magnificent,” he said.
“The stories were the best part. In the beginning, we saw a lot of dancing, but towards the middle and the end, it was a lot of stories,” Mr. McEnerney said.
“The most magnificent thing was when the dancers left the stage and became animated, and then came back animated back on the stage in real form—and it was seamless,” he said.
“I think any tradition is very important in keeping in any culture,” he said. “Any repression of tradition is really repression of the people. So seeing that being exposed here was very enlightening as well.”
“The storylines about communist China are very enlightening. And we see a lot what’s going on in our government policy about the Olympics coming up, and potentially the U.S. not going there. Those types of things are in the news now,” Mr. McEnerney said. “It’s a story about repression and redemption, and I thought that was incredible.”
Shen Yun, ‘I Loved It’
Robert and Dorine Nicosia came to see the performance to celebrate Mrs. Nicosia’s birthday.He said he was pleasantly surprised by the thread of faith that runs through the program.
“I think the world is lacking in faith, and I think anything that brings people closer to the Creator, espouses goodness, and remembers the historical culture of where we came from, I think that’s great,” he said.
“I think the dancing was wonderful, the music was wonderful. The costumes–fabulous,” she said. “I loved it.”