“I fell in love with the story and the pageantry and the beauty of this performance,” she said after the matinee. “It’s very exciting, but it’s peaceful. This is my seventh time.”
“The costumes and the performers, I don’t see how their body does that. The training that they do, and the music and the instruments—it’s beautiful the way that it’s been put together,” she said.
“I recommend everyone come and see it every year. It’s a lovely afternoon and it you leave feeling so much better.”
The spread of atheism quickly eradicated the Chinese people’s belief in the divine. The cherished virtues and values learned from the teachings of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism disappeared overnight.
Ms. Quinn admired the artists’ dedication and their commitment to bringing back traditional culture and moral values. She especially enjoyed the company’s story-based dances that recount legends from ancient times to the modern-day.
“Every time I come back to this show, because it does bring me peace and the message that it gives is universal,” she shared.
“Everyone needs to see the way that [Shen Yun] have done the stories and the pageantry of it, and that being kind to everyone—that’s a universal message. The world will be a lot better place if that happened all the time.”
She also loved how Shen Yun’s live orchestra and music were “able to recreate danger, happiness, peace, enlightenment.”
“It’s amazing what talent [there] is in the orchestra … can’t imagine the hours of practice that it takes, but keep doing it because it really does pay off. In the audience, we really appreciate it.”
Ms. Quinn believes Shen Yun offers inspiration and perspective for today’s society and encourages everyone to see a performance.
“When you leave here, you just feel so much better about the world. You feel better about seeing this story and reliving it each time. So, come. You look at movies, you look at other musicals, you may leave angry, you may leave aggravated, but no, you leave [Shen Yun] peaceful.”
“We appreciate you,” Ms. Quinn said. “We know how you pour your heart out in what you do in the dancing and the pageantry and the message you bring. Please don’t ever think that [it] is unappreciated and that we don’t see it in your performance. Thank you all.”
