CANBERRA, Australia—At the evening show on Tuesday, March 31, a mother and daughter share a wonderful night together watching the spectacular dances of Shen Yun Performing Arts 2009 World Tour.
The energetic dances had quite an impact on Madison, Mrs. Horns daughter, who said “We particularly liked the grand final with the big ribbons and all the different costumes that they had, that was spectacular!.”
Talking about the dance The Monkey King Triumphs Madison said, “It was beautiful, though the scary part was when they talked about Monkey, and I thought, I remember watching that growing up. I thought it was well done, I loved it, but it just went too quickly.”
In The Monkey King Triumphs, the Monkey King, one of Chinese history’s most beloved characters, springs to life in this adaptation of a scene from the 16th century novel Journey to the West. The storyline reflects the melding of the magical, moral, and mundane so common in the traditional Chinese novel.
“A couple of work colleagues talked me into it. They had been promoting it, and I thought it would be nice because Maddie loves dancing. I thought I would just take her along, and she can see some different styles of dancing. And yes, I think we have both got a lot out of it,” she said.
Madison wishes she could come to see Shen Yun again when they return.
“We loved it, we will have to come again next year, the year after, and the year after that.” she said enthusiastically.
Mrs. Horn said that she will tell her friends to go to experience Shen Yun for themselves.
Chani Blue contributed to this report.
This was the final performance in Canberra of Shen Yun Performing Arts 2009 World Tour. It continues to Melbourne on April 3.
For more information, please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
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