TAINAN, Taiwan—In the afternoon of March 16, Mr. Hwang Kun-Hu enjoyed his first encounter with Shen Yun’s performance. “I felt so emotional,” Mr. Hwang said while he praised the dance programs. Hwang was a national policy adviser at Taiwan’s Presidential Palace. He is currently the president of Taiwan Friends Association.
“I felt very emotional after watching it. I experienced the classic elegant dancing. The dances were very expressive, absolutely fantastic!”
New York-based Shen Yun aims to restore 5,000 years of divinely inspired Chinese culture, according to the company’s website.
“The costumes were dazzling and gorgeous. I kept wondering who designed it. I think maybe there is a team working on everything from dancing to costume design and music. The artists and staff had to put in a lot of work to make it happen.”
“There are many dancing artists in each program and their tight coordination is beyond my imagination—that many people moving in exactly the same way. The celestial maidens, how did they dance in such a highly precise coordination?”
“Perhaps if the politicians can watch Shen Yun, they might change and cherish the common cultural heritage more,” said Hwang.
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