MELBOURNE, Australia—It is the final performance of the Shen Yun Performing Arts in Melbourne before the company leaves for Brisbane. There was a full house at Sunday matinee performance and among the very responsive audience were dancers and singers.
“It was great, amazing! It’s the background and effects and the sound that brings it all together. Definitely something I'd aspire to. It’s not just about, the steps and choreography; it’s about how you display and how you act it out as well,” said dancer Emily Collett.
Stories that have been handed down over thousands of years were acted out on stage.
“The dancers told a story,” said Emily’s father Frank, “which I found most interesting. I think it took you back to the traditions of the country.”
Very popular with the audience in the second half of the program was the erhu—a two stringed traditional Chinese instrument in a solo performance. Both Emily and her father agreed it was “sensational.”
But it wasn’t only traditional stories that were told. Astounding Conviction tells a present day story of a lone man holding a banner in peaceful protest in Tiananmen Square and his steadfast belief that inspires divine beings to help him.
“I really liked the one, the conviction one.” said Emily. “I liked that because I felt it really told a story, and it was really interesting and it really made you feel like you were there and being involved in it.”
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