At Shen Yun Final in Geelong, Audience Members Were Left Wanting More

GEELONG, Australia—The third and final Shen Yun Performing Arts show in Victoria ended on a decidedly high note as audience members left with big smiles and a newly found sense of ancient Chinese values as well as modern tales of courage.

Having been to China some time ago, Wendy, who owns the franchise of the Bank of Queensland in Geelong with her husband, thought the show was lovely.

She particularly liked the dancing and the stories told through the dancing, with the costumes adding to the whole picture of the story.

Speaking of the 3-D digital backdrop, she said, "It is very clever how they used technology [to depict] the ascension into heaven or going down behind and disappearing and then reappearing."

The digital backdrops at each Shen Yun show bring classical Chinese dance into the 21st century, giving each scene an added visual depth and grandeur. Each backdrop is custom-designed to match a given dance’s costumes, story line, lighting, and even choreography.

'It was brilliant … It didn't go long enough'

Ms. Wadeson, a Melbourne accountant whose daughter studied ballet for nine years said, “It was brilliant, it was wonderful. It didn’t go long enough.”

Her friend, Yohanna, concurred, “I would have loved to see a bit more of it.”

When asked what it was that she liked most, Ms. Wadeson said she loved the music, and said the show was different, cultural, and calming: "It was just beautiful. Magnificent, magnificent the costumes. This type of music is totally different to what I’ve seen before. It’s educational as well.”

Friend Yohanna agreed, saying: “The singers had beautiful voices.” She also repeated how wonderful and beautiful the costumes were. “It is educational as well, because it opens up your eyes to other people. And what I liked about it was all the girls are so delicate.”

Ms. Wadeson was hoping to bring more of her friends to see it.

When asked what she would say to her friends, Yohanna said: “You have to see for yourself. It’s hard to explain actually the feelings that you get, so you really have to see it. It’s georgeous, isn’t it? The whole message. It’s the peace sort of feeling that you get.”

Ms. Wadeson concluded: “It’s really emotional. The religious side of it as well as Buddhism obviously involved in it as well, which is very, very good. I just love all that. And the dance was just beautiful."

Victoria’s second biggest city, whose name is derived from the aboriginal word ‘jillong,’ meaning a beautiful place by the sea, was a perfect host to the unique international show that spreads beauty and benevolence.

This article was written with files from SOH Radio, a media partner of The Epoch Times.

Peta Evans contributed to this report.

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