“At some point, you were feeling emotional,” Mr. Cernagovs said.
“The storytelling is really nice, the narrative, and the storytelling with the dance is very impressive.”
Mr. Cernagovs has been involved in making visual effects for many blockbusters such as “Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” He was inspired by the colours of the costumes, and the emotions expressed by the performers.
He also praised the coordination of the performances and said he enjoyed how the story unfolded in many performances—including a piece in which the performers used cooking tools and towels.
“I don’t know how much work they put in. It’s a tremendous amount of work they have done before going on the stage. I don’t know how much they did, but it looks like very hard work,” Mr. Cernagovs said.
For 5,000 years, China was a place where harmony between heaven, earth, and humankind was the central belief of society. China was known as the “The Land of the Divine.”
“I think what they are trying to do is deliver the Chinese culture to the rest of the world because it’s very rich, very colourful. I think it’s very emotional. I found it very emotional,” he said.
He added that it was surprising to learn that Chinese people were traditionally very spiritual—unlike in today’s modern China.
Summing up his Shen Yun experience in a few words he said “Phenomenal, emotional, and I would say colourful.”
Reporting by Rita Li, and Alfred Bui.
