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Ken Jaxon is a dance teacher at a Fred Astaire Dance Studio and has a university major in theater and computers.
“It was awesome!” said Mr. Jaxon explaining how the movements of the dancers were so precise and cleanly executed.
“This is something that, as we are both dancers, we wanted to see it as soon as we saw it,” he said.
The New York-based classical Chinese dance and music show gives the audience a view into China's 5,000 years of history and culture right up to the present day.
After watching the show, Mr. Jaxon said he had become more interested in Chinese culture and had developed a respect for their dance styles.
The stories underpinning each dance were so well portrayed that Mr. Jaxon had on one occasion experienced goose bumps.
“You could tell the emotions of what was going on in the dancing without seeing or hearing what they were … saying,” he said.
Ms. Fuerster, who had learned dancing as a child, also commented on the “awesome” performance of the dancers and their ability to portray a depth of emotions.
“Whatever the story was telling, I could feel the emotions in it. It was great,” she said.
The dancers displayed very fluid and graceful movements, said Ms. Fuerster, and added that she would take away lasting memories of “how the littlest movements can be very big and very precise.”
Reporting by Valerie Avore and Diane Cordemans.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
