SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Shen Yun Is ‘Absolutely Brilliant,’ Says Company CEO

SHARE
Shen Yun Is ‘Absolutely Brilliant,’ Says Company CEO
Lee McLean enjoyed Shen Yun's matinee at the SEC Armadillo, in Glasgow, on March 2, 2025. Jenna Zhan/The Epoch Times
Epoch Newsroom
Updated:

GLASGOW, UK—On March 2, Shen Yun Performing Arts concluded its fourth and final show at the SEC Armadillo. Among the audience was company CEO Lee McLean, who brought his family to the matinee to celebrate his mother’s 70th birthday. He loved every aspect of the performance.

“It was amazing, it was really amazing. I think the spirituality in the whole thing came through,” he expressed.

“I’m a musician myself, so I think the orchestra was really good, really emotional, I think the screen was unbelievable. … I was trying to figure it out [how the dancers] jumped through the screen.”

According to Shen Yun’s website, the company’s animated 3D backdrop seamlessly collaborated with the live orchestra and the performers on stage to enhance storytelling. This groundbreaking technology is so innovative that it holds its own patent.

“It was a kind of visual spectacle, color-wise as well—it was fantastic. It was a nice family treat and just an unbelievable afternoon out. So, thoroughly recommend it,” Mr. McLean stated, reiterating that he thought the live orchestra was “absolutely brilliant” and “most impressive.”

Based in New York, Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance and music company. Presenting a brand-new set of programs each year, the company has been delighting audiences around the world since 2006.

The performance is comprised of a series of short pieces that take its audience on a ride through the dynasties and across the vast regions of China. Using classical Chinese, folk, and ethnic dances, as well as solo musical performances, Shen Yun tells tales from ancient times to the modern day.

Mr. McLean also loved the solo performance by the erhu—a 4,000-year-old Chinese instrument that mimics the human voice. Though it only has two strings, it is capable of expressing a wide range of emotions, resonating with the profound depths of the human soul.

“It’s really an emotional instrument. When you’re listening, it’s amazing, for two strings, how many different sounds and emotions and range you [can] get on what seems to be a really basic instrument. So, I think that was really impressive.”

Commenting on the artists’ mission to showcase traditional Chinese culture and values as they existed for thousands of years before being tainted by atheistic communist ideology, Mr. McLean said it was amazing to see.

“Western media maybe doesn’t give China the greatest [portrayal] in the in the press, and I think it was really nice to see that ancient culture of 5,000 years. It’s beyond anything we have got in Britain,” he stated.

“So, I think to be able [have] people come and appreciate that, and for it to be presented in that manner—it was a beautiful afternoon. This hopefully allows people to see beyond that kind of stereotypical Western media view. I thought [Shen Yun] was amazing. It was really emotional and really spiritually connected to everything.”
Reporting by NTD, Jenna Zhan, and Jennifer Tseng.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
SHARE

Editor's Picks

See More