ADELAIDE, Australia—On March 18, Independent Legislative Council Member Tammy Franks attended Shen Yun Performing Arts’ evening show at the Festival Theatre. This marks her third year seeing the production, and she thought it was just as memorable as ever.
“As always, just utterly beautiful and so talented, so athletic, but making it look so easy even though those elements are so difficult,” she praised.
Ms. Franks especially enjoyed the piece “Peacock Paradise,” where celestial maidens danced gracefully amid the clouds.
It really touched me, “the beautiful colors and the synchronicity and the femininity of that,” she shared.
“Always, there’s something—it’s the same but different. So, there’s always something different that you [can] reflect upon in each performance.”
“It’s incredibly powerful and [in] a wonderful way,” she said. “I’m a really strong believer in using the arts to influence culture in a positive way. Certainly, when you’re oppressed, art is often the only thing you can use in that way because you don’t have access to power. But art and narrative and story are really, really much more powerful than power.”
Commenting on that, Ms. Franks said, “I am aware of that, and certainly I think that shows why Shen Yun is so important. It is a beautiful, peaceful, artistic event that should be celebrated.”
It was a full house tonight despite the threats because Shen Yun “is so beautiful and so powerful,” she added. “I think people also want to show their support. … It’s the least that we can do, and the people around me in the audience had a wonderful time.”
