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Amongst the many inspired at last night's show, June 14, was Jolanta Osmowska who is an economist and owns a private company in Lodz. She attended Shen Yun with Wlodzimierz Radkiewicz who works for an insurance company.
Both Ms. Osmowska and Mr. Radkiewicz were impressed by the music. This year the performers are accompanied by the Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company Orchestra which combines ancient Chinese instruments with more modern Western ones to help interpret China's 5,000-year-old culture for Western audiences.
Ms. Osmowska was also touched by the colours and "the beauty of the female dancers."
She shared her appreciation of traditional Chinese culture, commenting, "What appears is very characteristic. You can see that what this culture is about is uniting the nature and internal experiences that take place in that country which we do not [know] much about. It is very remote from us, we are very different. There is a lot of humility there. It shows that even today you can live in harmony with the nature."
Ms. Osmowska added further praises, saying, "I am amazed by the colours of the costumes, that reflected the best what happens in the nature. I was very impressed by this.
She particularly enjoyed "the traditional dance of Miao with the silver jewellery", and exclaimed, "It moved my heart." This piece depicts one of China's oldest ethnic groups dancing in their distinctive headdresses, with pleated skirts and jingling bells to enhance the unique aesthetics and rhythm.
Mr. Radkiewicz commented on further aspects of the show he enjoyed, saying, "I like poetics of the East … Gorgeous beauty of the female dancers and the dance itself, not to mention the male dancers."
'It was a great pleasure'
Ms. Wladlowicz-Sikora observed, "The world always was interesting to me, especially the world far away. I came here with interest. It was a great pleasure for me to watch a performance … a lot of movement and such a strong rhythm."
Ms. Rapiejko also enjoyed the show and said, "I am very pleased with this performance, very colourful, very nice style of dance, the smooth movement on the stage.
She noticed the unique fusion of Chinese and Western traditions created by the Shen Yun Orchestra, and found it "pleasing to the ear, adding, "I was curious what direction would this music go; traditional Chinese music is not easily accepted by the European ear. However I like this music."
With reporting by Hanna Szmytko
Shen Yun Performing Arts will present two more shows at the Teatr Wiekel/Great Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15-16 at 7pm, respectively. For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
