SAN DIEGO—Jennifer Marcks, the founder of a healthcare company, attended Shen Yun’s penultimate performance at the San Diego Civic Theater on Jan. 20.
“It was fabulous. I really enjoyed it,” she expressed. “I think just knowing the history of it and the culture—being able to participate in that and see all the dramatic colors and dances—it’s really beautiful.”
According to the Shen Yun website, the classical Chinese dance we see in China today is heavily mixed with military and modern dance styles. Only at Shen Yun can you find it performed in its purest form—the way it was originally passed down through the generations.
Accompanying her for the evening was photographer Randuz Romay.
“That was one of the first things I noticed, how the lighting was really focusing on the dancers and how the backdrop really allowed the dancers to showcase and come [forward.] They’re so great,” he said.
“It was actually very thoughtful, some of the backdrops. In the finale, when the Buddha came out—that was awesome.”
Shen Yun’s patented 3D digital technology works together with the performers to “extend the stage to infinite realms” and brings to its audience “storytelling without limits.”
“For the very first time, I was able to watch and see with my own eyes the actual instrument that made that sound. The two-stringed erhu was amazing,” he exclaimed.
“We know China as being a very rigid culture. Yet, [now you have] a production company and storytellers telling you how it was before communism. And that’s really important,” he expressed.
“People need to understand that—before what they see in [present-day China]—there was a whole other world there. The culture was rich and very expressive and beautiful.”
