SAN DIEGO—Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Fletcher Murray, accompanied by his wife and daughter, enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts at the San Diego Civic Theater.
“I kept waiting for something to occur—mystical and magical. [Shen Yun] was very, very, very uplifting. Very spiritual,” Mr. Murray expressed.
According to the company’s website, the name “Shen Yun” translates directly into “the beauty of divine beings dance.” Mr. Murray couldn’t agree with that description more.
“It’s so true. I loved it,” he said. “The performers. What a gift, what a gift. I feel like they should send out a tip jar—it would be full. To see all that energy expended each night just for the enjoyment of others—it’s really a selfless occupation.”
Mrs. Murray also thought the show was wonderful. “It was beautiful, so beautiful and balanced,” she said. “It has some humor in there, which I liked. It’s really, really good.”
In the decades since the communist regime seized power, Chinese culture was forced to the brink of extinction. The New York-based artists are now seeking to revive China’s 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture and showcase to the world the beauty of China before communism.
“America needs this too. America is also losing its spirituality. Church attendance is dropping off, and everybody’s got their face buried in the Internet. The worst imagery you can imagine is getting into our young people’s heads 24/7. It’s getting out of hand,” he explained.
