BRISBANE, Australia—David Ianusi, who was in the swimwear industry, thoroughly enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Art’s matinee show at the Lyric Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 2.
Recently retired, Mr. Ianusi has worked in the fashion industry for about 40 years. He still does a couple of days a week, cutting for the Finch swimwear company on the Gold Coast.”
According to the Shen Yun website, the costume artists collect countless designs of traditional attire, ranging from those of emperors, ministers, and generals to the everyday clothing of the common people. They use bright colours to tailor and recreate hundreds of new pieces each season.
Mr. Ianusi was highly appreciative of the costuming. “I really enjoyed the show today because the elegance of the clothing … the way they performed, the choreography, especially the clothing, the dynamic of the fashion. I look at it and I say ‘wow’ it’s beautiful. I’ve never seen any show like this before.”
Mr. Ianusi was struck by the ladies’ modesty in traditional Chinese attire, saying: “All the girls they cover the body and the way they move the material, the most beautiful material, the most beautiful way they coordinated the dancers … .”
Shen Yun’s dances often feature heavenly scenes with celestial fairies, buddhas, bodhisattvas, daos, and other deities in their respective regalia.
Mr. Ianusi said he will take away with him vivid memories of the Chinese culture presented in the performance.
“It will stay with me the culture of the Chinese people, the way they wear the clothing, the way they present to the audience. The beautiful design, I said to myself it’s the elegance … I feel so privileged to see the show and I’m going to see it again when it comes back next year.”
China’s 5,000 years of divinely inspired civilisation has spawned a rich and profound system of values; the concepts of man and nature must be in balance.
Mr. Ianusi mentioned one of the values he saw displayed in the performance” “It’s respect, it’s respect for each other, … they way they respect each other. It’s things like that make me go home a happy man.”
He summed up his experience, saying: “I forgot about everything else; I came, I saw, and I thoroughly enjoyed.”
Reporting by NTD Television and Janine Rankin.
Shen Yun Performing Arts, based in New York, tours the world on a mission to revive traditional Chinese culture. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
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