The Escudiers paid tribute to the lightness of the dancers.
“It feels like they are feathers! There is color, there is movement ... it’s really beautiful, it’s magical! We had wanted to come for a long time, but because of Covid, the show was postponed, canceled, well—Now we are here, we really enjoyed it. It’s beautiful,” Mrs. Escudier said.
The artists of Shen Yun are trained in classical Chinese dance. The art form has thousands of years of history and is actually the root of many other art forms that we know today, such as gymnastics and acrobatics.
For this retired police couple, it appears that to achieve such performances, Shen Yun artists must rely on more than skills there must be a form of spirituality that elevates their physical work.“We see behind a colossal amount of work. They have to put in more than their physical talent ... all their heart, all their soul to achieve such perfection,” Mr. Escudier said.
The Values at the Core of Shen Yun
The former police commander felt that spirituality is at the heart of Shen Yun: “I love this kind of show that makes us touch things we have forgotten,” he said.Mr. Escudier noted that “the confrontation between the present and the past was moving. It happens several times in the show ... each time it’s things that remind us of the values we upheld in the past that weren’t so bad.”
“There were tears that flowed, sometimes. Oh yes ... there are moving moments,” Mr. Escudier added.
As a practitioner of Buddhism, Mr. Escudier identifies with many of these values: “Compassion, benevolence, of course, the values of the Buddha,” Mr. Escudier explained.
Mrs. Escudier concluded that she was reminded of the importance of “appreciating the present moment. Because we need good moments like that. It warms the heart and the body surely.”
