AUSTIN, Texas—Diplomat Claudia Sanders was introduced to Shen Yun Performing Arts by her 4-year-old daughter.
“As a diplomat you know that we move all over the world. My daughter saw the pamphlet for this, the information, and said, I want to go,” Ms. Sanders said at the Long Center for the Performing Arts Thursday night in Austin.
“She said, ‘Mom, this is important for me, and I would like to go,'” Ms. Sanders said.
“We loved it,” Ms. Sanders said. “She loved every piece, and the names that you put for the shows, even a 4-year-old can understand. It is an international language, just how well the dancers represent the roles in the performances.”
As a folkloric dancer from Mexico and graduate student of Romance languages, Ms. Sanders is deeply interested in the stories different cultures tell, and could connect to the traditional Chinese culture presented by New York-based Shen Yun.
From the audience, Ms. Sanders could feel the performers’ passion.
“You can see … that they are passionate about what they do, and that they reflect that, and it’s a wonderful thing for anybody to see,” she said.
“I love Chinese culture. Before the performance and after the performance. I think it’s a very rich culture,” Ms. Sanders said.
“It’s amazing and the costumes are beautiful—colorful, and the silk just flying with the dancers,” she said.
Reporting by NTD Television and Catherine Yang
Shen Yun International Company will be in Austin, Texas through April 13.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
