BRISBANE, Australia—Ballet veteran William Boody just knew there is something special about Shen Yun Performing Arts.
“I wanted to see it in my life,” said Mr. Boody, who is 73.
“I’ve never seen a production like it in my life,” he said of Shen Yun, which performed at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre on Friday evening.
Before retiring from dance, Mr. Boody performed with a number of major Australian dance companies including the Borovansky Ballet Company which laid the grounds for the Australian Ballet, and also worked for J.C. Williamson.
Donning traditional Chinese clothing, Mr. Boody praised the skills of the dancers and the choreography of the dances.
“Skills of dancers [is] absolutely magnificent … absolutely dedicated and trained perfection,” he said, adding that the choreographers have done a superb job to bring out the best out of the dancers.
Based in New York, Shen Yun presents classical Chinese dance and music.
Classical Chinese dance, known for its incredible flips and spins and gentle elegance, is one of the most rigorous and expressive art forms in the world, according to the Shen Yun website.
“Classical Chinese dance has a long history of thousands of years, passed down continuously within the imperial palace and ancient Chinese theater and opera,” says the Shen Yun website.
“Through expression of bearing and form, beautiful [classical Chinese] dance movements bring out the inner meaning of intrinsic thoughts and feelings, reflecting the peculiarities of human nature, the standard for human conduct, moral concepts, mental state, one’s value system, and so on.”
