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Russell Brooks, a graphic and web designer, did not know what to expect when he bought tickets to the New York-based company’s performance as he had only seen the posters.
“By coming to the show and actually experiencing … I was actually quite impressed,” he said. “Unbelievable the colours.”
Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company presenting colourful and exhilarating performances. It brings China’s 5,000 years of history to the stage complemented by a full orchestral ensemble playing a fusion of both traditions, Western and Chinese instruments.
Mr. Brooks said, “It is really impressive how they compressed so many years of Chinese culture into such a small piece of time.
“There was culture, colour, amazing sounds. It was pure and beautiful and everything, all those things rolled into the one. The orchestra, absolutely amazing.”
Shen Yun uses state-of-the-art digital backdrops which are projected behind the performers. The backdrop appears to interact with the performers which delighted Mr. Brooks.
As a graphics designer he found it very enjoyable and made him smile a lot. “Just watching those was quite fun,” he said.
“As a designer myself and a graphic artist, I get to express my art and creativity any way I want, to not do that in a culture or another country, must be very hard for them [Shen Yun]," Mr. Brooks said. “To be able to obviously express that over here and in other countries, it is magical.”
Reporting by NTD Television and Leigh Smith.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. The International Company is in Melbourne now for a six show run till Sunday, March 6. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
