“It’s wonderful. It was even more beautiful than I expected, and I love the cultural aspect of it as well. There is a lot of learning, a lot of enrichment. I really appreciate it,” Ms. Wahnon said.
“The talent of the dancers is off the charts. It doesn’t seem real, and all the scenography—the interaction between the video, the backdrop, and the screen, and the people jumping in and out. That is the first time I have ever seen anything like that, so very impressive overall.”
“The talent of the dancers, they were extremely [talented,]” he said. “They could jump high, they could stretch, they could do anything. So, it was really impressive.”
The spread of atheism rapidly undermined belief in the divine, and the cherished virtues drawn from Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism were swept away.
Today, New York–based Shen Yun is working to revive this lost civilization and to bring back, through dance and music, the beauty of China before communism.
“It wasn’t just physical, they have a lot of spirituality and a lot of energy,” he stated. It’s inspiring, “as far as their energy, and they’re being very true to themselves.”
“They take their story, and they lift it up higher with energy and with projection of themselves and connect with the audience.”
Ms. Wahnon described the performance as “a transcendent experience.”
“The lightness of the movements, the expression, even facial [expressions.] It’s a very transcendent experience,” she said.
