BRUSSELS—For their second show in Brussels, Shen Yun Performing Arts has again achieved a full house. Mr. De Vos and Mrs. Doms, two sales managers of a large hotel in Brussels, were part of the privileged ones who got tickets.
“It’s a discovery in all aspects,” Mr. De Vos said at intermission. “The diversity of the dance styles, the way they dress, the presentation, greatly influenced me, not to mention the synchrony between the dancers.”
New York-based Shen Yun aims to restore 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture and bring it to the world. The company specializes in classical Chinese dance, but also demonstrates the breadth of China by including ethnic and folk dances in their completely new performance each year.
For Mrs. Doms, the performance also had a large impact, “the attitude of the dancers, always smiling, and the colors.”
“It’s really amazing,” she said, “and the scene in 3-D is very innovative.”
Mrs. Doms was referring to the digitally animated backdrops that bring audiences to celestial palaces in one dance and broad plateaus in another. Animated figures appear on the screen and then seem to magically appear onstage as live performers.
“This show is an experience of what China is. We can see this respect for nature that we, on the contrary, have lost. And this spiritual side which is very advanced, while for us it is something lost.
“Finally, the strength of the collective takes precedence over the individual. Shows in Europe contain little on the spiritual side while it is present here. Moreover, more and more people are now interested in spirituality,” she said.
Before returning to enjoy the second act of the Shen Yun, Mr. De Vos said: “It is a show of contrasts. There is art and total control of the heart and expertise. This seems typical of China.”
Reporting by Zhang Yue
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
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