CHICAGO—Shen Yun Performing Arts, on its 2010 world tour, delivered an encore performance to theater enthusiasts here in the Windy City on the evening of April 10.
Jim Rhode, an event coordinator, said he wasn’t sure what he and his wife were to expect, “but we really are enjoying the music and the dance, and my wife really loves the costumes. Very colorful and the choreography is great. I like the digital scenery behind—that’s really cool,” he enthused.
The couple were seeing for the very first time a portal into China’s 5,000 years of history played out in classical Chinese dance and song.
Mr. Rhode said he picked up on a message subtly interwoven throughout the program.
“It was just kind of spiritual a little bit and calming. It’s nice—it’s a nice feeling,” he said.
He liked the dance Flowing Silk, the “one with the long-sleeves—the sleeve dance in like ... ‘water-sleeves’—that’s the one,” he said.
“It was just very calming and I [thought it] looked very pretty ... really great.”
In this dance, long silken sleeves float in the air, much like ribbons blowing on a gentle breeze conjuring an image of rippling water.
Mr. Rhode has had a taste of Chinese culture through a Hong Kong import/export company that he once worked for.
“We would go down into the Chicago’s hull of Chinatown a lot, so it was kind of cool to be introduced to some of the culture that way,” he said.
Mr. Rhode said he learned more about the divinely-inspired aspects of Chinese history than before.
Jim Rhode, an event coordinator, said he wasn’t sure what he and his wife were to expect, “but we really are enjoying the music and the dance, and my wife really loves the costumes. Very colorful and the choreography is great. I like the digital scenery behind—that’s really cool,” he enthused.
The couple were seeing for the very first time a portal into China’s 5,000 years of history played out in classical Chinese dance and song.
Mr. Rhode said he picked up on a message subtly interwoven throughout the program.
“It was just kind of spiritual a little bit and calming. It’s nice—it’s a nice feeling,” he said.
He liked the dance Flowing Silk, the “one with the long-sleeves—the sleeve dance in like ... ‘water-sleeves’—that’s the one,” he said.
“It was just very calming and I [thought it] looked very pretty ... really great.”
In this dance, long silken sleeves float in the air, much like ribbons blowing on a gentle breeze conjuring an image of rippling water.
Mr. Rhode has had a taste of Chinese culture through a Hong Kong import/export company that he once worked for.
“We would go down into the Chicago’s hull of Chinatown a lot, so it was kind of cool to be introduced to some of the culture that way,” he said.
Mr. Rhode said he learned more about the divinely-inspired aspects of Chinese history than before.
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