MILTON KEYNES, U.K.—Some dancers give the illusion of defying gravity for a split second when they leap into the air, and that’s exactly what Elizabeth Airton and her husband, Paul Airton, thought when they saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Milton Keynes Theatre.
“The power of the dance is unbelievable. It’s when the dancers go into mid-air, it’s almost as if they’re on strings. They slow down. The power is fantastic,” said Mr. Airton, an incident management governor at an IT computer center.
“I really enjoyed it because every dance told a story,” said Mrs. Airton, a sheltered housing officer.
“I enjoyed every single bit of it. I enjoyed the dance, the costumes, the technicolor—it was just so magnificent. It was funny—there was humor in it. It was fabulous. A lot of hard work has gone into that,” praised Mrs. Airton.
‘Storytelling Without Limits’
The unique way Shen Yun uses its digital backdrop is patented, and the Shen Yun website tells us that: “By extending the stage to infinite realms, the projection allows storytelling without limits.”“I thought it was fabulous the way you did the backdrop, and when the dancers were kind of jumping down, and they’re going swimming, or they were coming [on stage],” said Mrs. Airton.
“I learned a lot about how the history and the theology of ancient China is being suppressed by the communist regime,” said Mr. Airton.
“That’s very sad. And nobody should be allowed to oppress or stop any of us from being who we are and whatever culture or religion—as long as it’s good. You can’t stop people’s choices,” said Mrs. Airton.
