ATLANTA—Shen Yun translates as “the beauty of divine beings dancing,” and former ballerina Dawn Hereth experienced that beauty when she watched Shen Yun Performing Arts on Jan. 8 at the Atlanta Symphony Hall.
“I love the performance,” she said. “I think their technique is great! You look for things like, are their arms altogether, are their legs the same height? Are their faces going the same way and things like that—their connection between each other? Those are the things you look for and I find that it’s very professional. Love it!”
Ms. Hereth found some resonance with the spiritual side of Chinese culture. “I do love the spiritual side of it,” she said. “I think that we’re definitely created as spiritual beings, so when we see something that speaks to our soul, we can relate to that.”
“The synchronicity was amazing,” said Mrs. Foister. “The passion of the dancers—their movement, their quality of movement … It was like they all emotionally connected to the music together, and that’s hard to achieve.”
“I love when there is a live orchestra,” said Mrs. Foister. “That’s very special because you don’t see that all the time. The music was beautiful, and the choreography went with the music, and it was great.”
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
