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Shen Yun Is ‘Meaningful and Beautiful,’ Says Grammy Award-Winning Singer

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Shen Yun Is ‘Meaningful and Beautiful,’ Says Grammy Award-Winning Singer
Grammy-award winning singer Cassandra Ewer and her husband Richard enjoyed Shen Yun's evening show at the Ikeda Theater, on Feb. 16, 2023. Sherry Dong/The Epoch Times

MESA, Ariz.—Four-time Grammy award-winning singer Cassandra Ewer attended Shen Yun’s evening performance on Feb. 16, at the Ikeda Theater with her mother and composer husband Richard.

The family had wanted to see Shen Yun Performing Arts for years and they chose a very special night for it.

Exactly one year ago, Ms. Ewer’s stepfather was in an accident that eventually took his life—it was also his birthday. “We went to dinner together to celebrate his birthday and to miss him. Then [my mom] bought tickets for us to come to [Shen Yun,]” Ms. Ewer recounted.

“What I really loved [about the show]—because we’ve lost two of our children as well—were those moments where angels would come from the heavens. Missing a loved one and seeing them again—that was really moving. It was meaningful and beautiful for us.”

He not only had great stage presence, but he also had very strong and good support to carry his high notes.
Cassandra Ewer

As a fellow singer, Ms. Ewer was impressed by the talent of Shen Yun’s vocalist. “He not only had great stage presence, but he also had very strong and good support to carry his high notes—a very nice range and smoothness all the way from the bottom to the top.”

Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. To the delight of its audiences worldwide, the company can be expected to present a brand-new set of programs every season.

“[The music] was very beautifully synchronized with everything that was happening. The dancing and the special effects were so perfectly put together. Very impressive,” Ms. Ewer exclaimed.

From a composer’s standpoint, Mr. Ewer added that he enjoyed Shen Yun’s blend of ancient Chinese instruments with a full Western orchestra. “It was beautiful music. A nice combination and very impressive that everything is new every year.”

Endowed with 5,000 years of history, China was once known as the “Land of the Divine.” For millennia, its people believed that by keeping their hearts pure and adhering to traditional moral values, they will be blessed by the divine.
However, after the communist takeover and its spread of atheism, all this traditional culture was systematically destroyed. Today, Shen Yun’s mission is to bring back the beauty and goodness of pre-communist China.
The Ewer family loved the spiritual message that the performance delivered.

“The idea that we’re immortal beings, that we have a divine purpose—that was beautiful,” Ms. Ewer said. “There was a thread through all of it—of people trying to do good and to fight evil. We should knock down bullies and rescue those who need help. That was very lovely.”

For Mr. Ewer, his biggest takeaway from Shen Yun was the “hope to keep striving to achieve my own kind of perfection in the arts, in life, and also spiritually.”

“[I have] a renewed determination to go on and improve—to do good and do better.”

Reporting by Sherry Dong and Jennifer Tseng.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
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