HOUSTON—“We’ve been waiting to see it for the past three years,” Ms. Elizabeth Bindi, a cosmetologist, said of Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Jones Hall for Performing Arts in Houston on the evening of Dec. 27. “It’s a beautiful show. So full of art and color.”
Ms. Bindi said her daughter, a lover of music and learning herself, had seen a poster for Shen Yun and wanted to go since she was 12 years old.
“She’s always wanted to … she’s 15 now,” Ms. Bindi said.
The New York-based company’s performances are accompanied by a live orchestra which seamlessly blends Eastern and Western sounds. The Shen Yun Orchestra, which played at Carnegie Hall recently, has a Western philharmonic foundation with Chinese instruments like the dizi—wooden flute—and pipa leading the melodies, according to Shen Yun’s website.
Shen Yun’s performances also include bel canto style solo vocalist singing original pieces in Chinese, with both Chinese and English lyrics projected onto the digital backdrop.
