BRUSSELS—The third performance of Shen Yun was warmly welcomed at the Théâtre National de Bruxelles on Wednesday, March 13. During intermission, the audience was experiencing tremendous emotion.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul de Barchifontaine expressed their enthusiasm and delight: “Superb!” They exclaimed in chorus. “Wonderful! We find it difficult to return to earth!”
“This is the most beautiful show that I have seen today in my entire life” Mr. de Barchifontaine added.
The couple was very touched and moved by Shen Yun: “This show gives you hope, the hope of a better life—this is important!”
Shen Yun, a New York-based performing arts company, travels around the world reviving the divinely inspired ancient Chinese culture.
China has been known as the “Celestial Empire” since ancient times, referring to the country’s strength and position, but also “describing a land where the divine and mortal once coexisted,” according to Shen Yun’s website.
“It refers to the belief that the divine, through various dynasties, transmitted a rich and abundant culture to the Chinese people,” it continues. “Chinese culture is thus known as ‘divinely inspired,’ and is the only culture in the world to have a continuous recorded history of 5,000 years.”
The de Barchifontaines saw a feeling of hope permeating the performance, and Mr. Barchifontaine said the performance helps view humanity “in a totally different way.”
The dances and songs helped elevate his thoughts.
“You feel much better after seeing this show,” he said.
And the dance pieces that showed heavenly realms, through the dancers, resplendent costumes, and the digital backdrops, were well received by the couple.
“We are called one day to live up there in beauty,” said Mr. Barchifontaine. “And this show has given us beauty. The beauty of the heavens, I would say. Wonderful!”
Reporting by NTD Television and Michal Bleibtreu Neeman. Translated by Gerome Audet.
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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