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.”
“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.”
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.
“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.
