Shen Yun Performing Arts: The Significant Cultural Event of Our Time

“It’s a beautiful performance, both amazing physical abilities, and also very educational.” “It appears just beautiful and light and rich, and from a deep place.” “The origins of humanity, the origins of purpose is something everyone’s seeking for nowadays, that goes beyond and transcends our everyday life. I think that comes across beautifully in the […]

“Loved it. Absolutely loved it … It’s superb.” “The dance, the costumes, the music, the digital effects, it’s the full package. It’s wonderful, thoroughly enjoyed it.” “It’s a sort of passage through history.” “To see the different ethnic groups, the different groups through history, everything’s just been superb!” “The music is just wonderful. The performers […]

“It’s been brilliant.” “A lot of this social history does get lost … most people would just forget it, and as soon as the story is gone it’s never remembered—it just disappears into nothingness. So it’s nice when you get something like this which brings [history] to the forefront and you actually get to see […]

“Incredible, absolutely incredible. Really enjoyed it, the whole visual effect, the dancing … quite incredible.” “I enjoyed the opening scene  … real sort of eye-opener to begin with. It really hits you hard and just, wow!” “I particularly enjoyed the scene where they’re meditating and they’re taken away and the story there with contrast to […]

“Absolutely fantastic, out of this world! Astounding dancers, great colours, lovely flow, great discipline. It was fantastic. I’ll come back again to see it.” “There’s a spiritual content throughout the whole thing: good versus evil. And good always wins. A good teaching for young people, [a] good teaching for everybody. Follow the good, follow the […]

“It’s quite extraordinary, the athleticism.” “Fantastic costumes, fantastic dance. The energy, very exciting to watch. I’ve never seen anything like it before.” “I love the modern touch with the screen at the back. Fantastic. Very, very clever.” “I think it is fascinating, it is the history of China.”

“It was fantastic, absolutely amazing.” “The costumes and everything were amazing. The dancers were just fantastic and the orchestra was amazing.” “You didn’t actually need to hear people saying any words; it was done through the dance and through the music … it really showed [the stories] perfectly. I don’t think you needed anything else.” […]

“It was absolutely wonderful. … I just didn’t want it to end. I could have stayed here all night. It was brilliant.” “The soprano … her voice just filled the room and it was just amazing. It was a wonderful piece of music. I loved it. I just didn’t want her to stop. More, more, […]

“I’ve very seldom ever gone to a theatre before, so it is a very new experience for me.” “Normally I just live in the hills and I farm and I [do] forestry, and so I’ve only been two or three times to a theatre before. So it was interesting, I was very enthused.” “I liked […]

“Being in a fast action, high-tech modern world, people forget the essentials you need: moral values, kindness, and being kind to your fellow man and so on.” “It’s quite an impressive message actually, to a modern audience, to try and hark back to those kinds of values.” “I think there are a lot of parallels […]

“It’s fantastic, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. I’ve watched quite a lot of ballet before but this is obviously very different because it’s such a diverse range of dance in one show.” “The athleticism of some of the dancers, especially some of the male dancers, is really impressive.” “And the synchronisation, especially the sleeve dance, I thought was incredible. […]

“I am absolutely enjoying every minute of it.” “It’s an emotional raw feeling, you know, the music, the chords in Chinese music, the subtlety of dancing, the intricacy of the music. It all just blends into a seamless experience. It’s great.” “[The music] just appeals to the core person inside me. There’s something inside me […]

“Today I was in awe of everything. Especially in the beginning when you open the curtain, I said [gasp] … I feel I am in heaven!” “The way they dance, the coordination, precision, the music, oh it’s so full of feeling.” “When you are exuding this inner spiritual way … it’s a different level of […]

“It’s amazing … such precise technique—really, I can’t find any words for it.” “The ladies were amazing … calm, very calm, precise. I would see it again!” “The technique, balance, they move so together at the same time and the same level.” “[It’s] just, amazing and I just recommend for everybody to see it at […]

“I was really impressed, the mix of movements and dynamics, the graphics in the background, and the all round mix of history.” “Everything was flowing … it was a very exuberant performance. I was really impressed.” “Part of what we try to do in engineering education is to help students get engaged—that is exactly what […]

“It’s spectacularly beautiful.” “The choreography I can now see is beautiful and the set is very imaginative, so all together it’s a very good experience.” “The dance skills are astonishing but also this is mixed with the live backdrop [which] is very cleverly done.” “It is extremely highly skilled and it really shows. It looks […]

“Beautiful program. Everything was correct, full, and complete—the music, the dance, the lights, all the performances, also the interaction with the big screen [digital backdrop]. “We were sitting next to the orchestra, so we could see everything. All the [musicians] were beautiful, and this special man was sitting there. He played the violin. He was […]

“I found this performance bewitching, wonderful. It’s a whole spiritual journey, and today we really need it.” “There’s a work behind [the performance] that is important. … There’s an individual work of letting go, awakening, meditation, and at the same time [it’s] collective because everyone is in synchronicity. It’s even something grandiose.” “We didn’t come […]

“I am very surprised to see a classical dance different from the one I have been doing for a long time [40 years].” “On a technical level, I am very impressed by the quality of the steps and their finish, by the very athletic aspect of the young dancers. I find them all magnificent. Physically, […]

“It’s unbelievable. To see the different colours, the outfits, and the way people move and the expressions that they put into it, they make it look so simple.” “The movements are so precise and every movement means something.” “With the storyline, to me, it’s the fundamental questions that we all ask: where we’re coming from, where […]

“I was so excited to be able to come here. I just doff my hat to everybody in this show; the whole thing was just mind blowing.” “It was so enriching, beautiful in every way—the costumes, the choreography, the staging, the CGI that you had blending with the live performance, the musicians, the orchestration, the […]

“The performance here, I can’t express it, was extremely vibrant … This was special … another level.” “I loved the back set … I thought that was phenomenal. I’ve never, never seen anything like that before. I was thrilled for it, it was great. I thought it was all absolutely amazing.” “I was thrilled for the actors, I […]

“There are no words. Absolutely amazing from the start to the finish!” “It was a pure art and they were … it’s so difficult [to describe] because it’s so good. I’m not a religious guy but it could almost convert me. It was amazing.” “The beauty of it … The opera singer, the lady playing that […]

Shen Yun Performing Arts performed at a packed house at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City from May 4 to 6. “It’s the third time I have come to see Shen Yun and I love it,” said Maxine Woodside, a radio and TV host. “The men are so athletic, and the women are beautiful; the […]

“It is a splendid performance.” “The orchestra and everything, all together, have made me feel so happy. … I’ve never seen anything like this before.” “As a whole, the show was so touching for me.” “It touched me deep inside. … When I stood up, I had the impression as if I had ended up […]

“The adjective is wonderful. Wonderful, in the literal sense of the term. That is to say that we enter a world of great poetry.” “Behind it, there is great poetry, and it means many things, it expresses many things. There’s visual expressionism and inherent impressionism.” “We find some movements [in classical Chinese dance], some foundations […]

“It’s an exquisite performance, very expressive. We were connecting what the emcees said with what the dancers later performed—it’s an extraordinary expression of dance.” “I was very impressed with the expressiveness, the accuracy, and the use of technology—when the dancers go to the end of the stage and get into the video [animated backdrops]; extraordinary.” […]