MADISON, Wisc.—”Love it. Absolutely love it,” said Cherylann Meyer of the Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company at the Overture Center for the Arts, on Tuesday, May 7. For Mrs. Meyer and her husband, Keith Meyer, it was a must to see Shen Yun again this year.
Mrs. Meyer’s mother and brother had tickets for the second performance the following evening.
“It’s always wonderful. I mean, the costumes, the dancing—everything is spectacular,” said Mrs. Meyer, a county real estate clerk with the register of deeds.
Shen Yun’s mission is to revitalize 5,000 years of ancient culture through the universal language of dance and music.
“The very heart of Shen Yun is classical Chinese dance which is a distinct and complete dance form known for its physical expression and postures, leaps, flips, spins and other difficult tumbling techniques,” according to the Shen Yun website.
Mrs. Meyer describes the dancing as “It’s really beyond words. It is just spectacular. I am just totally amazed at how limber they are, and just how in control they are of every movement. They are and they make it look so effortless.”
“I know just how difficult it really is. It is just breathtaking,” she said.
The Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company Orchestra combines traditional Western and Eastern instruments for a unique and harmonizing impact.
“It’s delightful. It’s delightful,” exclaimed Mrs. Meyer about the orchestra. “What you see and what you hear meshes together so well. It’s a feast for your eyes and ears.”
Another outstanding feature of Shen Yun is the digital backdrops for each of the 15 or so mini-dramas and four vocalists’ performances.
“It’s wonderful,” Mrs. Meyer about the dance program Sand Monk is Blessed which is about one of the many journey’s of the Monkey King. “I especially love where you have the backgrounds of the pictures going, and the characters just seem to jump out and jump back in [the sky and/or stage]. It’s just flawless, it’s absolutely wonderful.”
She also enjoyed the dance program An Unexpected Encounter where a father and daughter are taking pictures when they suddenly get caught up in the persecution of Falun Gong in China. “It’s very sad to see that this happens. I am glad that Shen Yun is bringing this out and making a lot of people aware of what’s going on because it needs to be told.”
She concluded by saying she enjoyed the spirituality of Shen Yun and the goodness of it.
Reporting by Teresa Yin and Cat Rooney
Shen Yun performs in Chicago for Mother’s Day weekend, May 10-12.
Shen Yun Performing Arts, based in New York, tours the world on a mission to revive traditional Chinese culture. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
The Epoch Times considers Shen Yun Performing Arts the significant cultural event of our time. We have proudly covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
