WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Audrey Trotman, a policy advisor with New Zealand’s Ministry of Education, was singing praises for Shen Yun Performing Arts on April 15 after another sold-out performance in the capital city.
“You get the opportunity to be taken away into a colourful and fantasy-like world, and one where magic happens—where we thrive, where the Gods are present, and where human history and the universe come together,” Ms. Trotman said.
“The more we get taken away from being grounded and the things that matter, the more likely it is we lose sight your ourselves,” she said. “And the divine helps us to reconnect with that ... It’s important to be connected to the universe.”“I feel like my cup is filled,” she described after watching the two hour performance.
A Family Affair
The Dawber family were also in the audience on April 15.Lynn Dawber, a GP, said one of her favourite items in the performance was the baritone soloist.
“I really liked the line where he said that atheism is harmful to mankind and [how] it robs you of hope … I really liked that line because I see in people who I know are atheists, they lack that hope in their lives.
“Having a belief and being theistic, having a faith is what gives us hope to survive every day,” she said.
Husband Dave Dawber, a family services counsellor, said that Shen Yun had left a “deep impression.”
“Spirituality is missing from this world everywhere. So that was a really nice touch,” he said of Shen Yun’s sharing of China’s divinely-inspired culture.
