“This [Shen Yun] is the greatest performance, and I’ve traveled all over the world to 70 countries, including China, Russia, Eastern Europe, every place, 70 countries. This is the greatest performance I’ve ever seen—this is awesome,” said Travers on Jan. 31, 2020.
“I want to make a large donation to have [Shen Yun] come back again and bring friends. So, I’m going to talk to [a] manager here about making [a] significant multi-thousand-dollar donation. This is incredible,” Travers said.
Shen Yun’s mission is to revive China’s authentic and deeply-spiritual culture that was almost lost. Once known as The Divine Land, China’s 5,000-year history is full of legends about heavenly beings who bestowed cultural treasures like dance, music, and fine art to mankind.
This aspect of the show touched Travers the most.
“I loved the spirituality of this, and I loved the story of good versus evil, giving back, taking care of. The spirituality here ... I love it,” he said.
“I grew up in a very religious family, and the religious spirituality that I grew up with comes out in this, and it brings tears to my eyes. Tears to my eyes. This is so great,” Travers added.
In “Abetting the Wicked,” two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the persecution, having to choose between family and faith and an atheistic regime that instructs its members to hurt innocent people.
“I think this is the greatest story that can be told through dance, music. The greatest story is doing the right thing. Good over evil. Beauty, music, theater. This is the greatest story ever, ever that I’ve seen, and I’ve been all over the world. I love it,” he said, adding that, to him, Shen Yun’s stories are as important as religion is to a person’s heart, “the story told here is that important.”
“Everyone should watch this. If they don’t, it’s the biggest mistake in their life,” Travers said.
“This is great,” he said. “This is more than—this is so important. If I had children, they would be coming here to learn what it means to do the right thing. To embrace goodness, to take care of your fellow—this is so awesome.”
He said he would bring home something very special from tonight’s performance: “Happiness, and the good thought that there is still greatness out there. This is beyond greatness.”
Travers had words of gratitude for Shen Yun’s artists: “Thank you so much for bringing this to us. Thank you.”
“I have goosebumps. It is so special. I want to bring all of my friends to this next year,” he added.
