Artistically Inclined Family Overwhelmed by Shen Yun

Mr. Keet, a musician, brought his wife and daughter to the show. (Leigh Smith/The Epoch Times)

GEELONG, Australia—Mother, father, and daughter took the last opportunity to see Shen Yun at Costa Hall in Geelong on April 4, and they were delighted that they did.

Mr. Keet, a musician, brought his wife and daughter. He thought the performance as a whole was very graceful. “It was of a very high standard.

“The songs were played very competently on the piano. It’s beautifully done and very emotional,” he said.

Two of the three, Mr. Keet and Ms. Keet, have an artistic inclination. The former is a guitarist, the latter an ardent dance student.

Mrs. Keet was also impressed. “Amazing. Best use of costumes and props I’ve ever seen. There’s a lot of energy and feeling in it. It was just amazing. Even a bit surreal, I think, a lot of it,” she said.

It was their daughter, young Ms. Keet, who spoke in the most vibrant terms of the show. Ms. Keet is an enthusiastic student of dance and an articulate speaker.

She said that the use of the backdrop was simple yet very effective. “This is the best I’ve seen, definitely.”

From the perspective of a dance student, she said the show had “fantastic shapes and spatial arrangements, and everything, just fantastic. They were so balanced.

“For me, the whole show tonight has been more like an acting performance rather than a dance. It has more of a storyline, which is really good. It’s like telling a story through the dance.

“They would tell you the expressive intention at the beginning of each chapter, [but] the message still got across without them saying the expressive intention.”

She explained that if the performers were portraying a flower, they would use their costumes to show it. “They had longer sleeves, and the sleeves would follow them and open out, so it looked like they were actually in a flower.

“And just their delicate hand and arm movements, the rounded poses rather than sharp and angular, which usually portrays a more aggressive nature, but they used rounded movements, which is great!

“It’s just a fantastic performance. I can’t wait to see the rest of it,” she explained at intermission. “I just love it.”

For those in Adelaide who have yet to buy tickets for the Shen Yun performance there on April 6 and 7, Ms. Keet said, “Just go and see it, especially if you’re into dancing. Go see it! It’s so worth it, it’s absolutely amazing.”

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