“It was impressive. Every detail, it sounded like it was recorded because it was so perfect,” she praised. All the instruments and the mix of the sounds was blissful.”
“It caught my attention that [this] blend of music worked so well, and for thousands of years,” Ms. Borjas said. “Now, we are together creating something even more beautiful, but also respecting the heritage of the Chinese culture when it was so pure and so connected to what we all feel about beauty, about harmony.”
“I can see it. I was a gymnast for a long time, and I was appreciating the [performers’] stance and the precision, the ease of the movements. It’s impressive. I wonder how many hours they put into this beautiful art to give it to us. I’m so grateful.”
“The erhu, the instrument that it’s similar to the voice—the soprano and the tenor voices were also are similar to the instrument,” she said.
“In that sense, the devotion that they evoke, it’s beautiful. The emotion that they put [in] was amazing to watch.”
Shen Yun’s singers are trained in the classical Bel Canto—a style known for its ability to create tones of unparalleled beauty and purity. Through original compositions and lyrics, the artists invite the listener to explore the deeper meanings of life.
Ms. Borjas loved that the company is reviving traditional moral values and culture, bringing to the world through dance and music the beauty of China before communism.
The lyrics are “rescuing the values of being human and that condition of divinity, in music and in the arts, and in all of us. It really is like remembering that we all share that yearning,” she said.
“I think, [Shen Yun’s] message is of the sacred aspect of the human being. Translated into art, it’s easier to understand. It’s a beautiful bridge to explain it and to actually experience what it means.”
“I will definitely recommend the show to friends and family,” she stated. “I actually brought some of my family members here tonight, and they loved it.”
“I want to thank each and every architect of this beautiful [performance]—the director, the choreographers, and each artist that was a part of this because we need this beautiful piece to remember who we are.”
















