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“I didn’t want the interval, I was enjoying it so much,” Ms. Davis said during the intermission at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. “I’m looking forward to the second half. The girls are exquisite and the men are amazing. Wonderful energy, enjoying every minute of it.”
Ms. Davis runs the St George Dance Centre, which teaches a range of dance styles from Modern Ballroom to Argentine Tango and Salsa.
She was impressed by the digital backdrop behind the dancers, which brings to life legends and myths by transporting the audience back to scenes of ancient China.
In the dance The Monkey King Outwits Pigsy, based on the epic novel Journey to the West, Monkey hauls the moon towards earth with a magic rope and asks his moon goddess friends to lure Pigsy from his den with angelic dance.
“The backdrop is amazing, when that moon came towards us, I thought this is fantastic,” Ms. Davis said. “I don’t know how they do it but it is very good, well done.”
_medium.jpg "Shen Yun Performing Arts curtain call in Sydney's Capitol Theatre. (Henry Lam/The Epoch Times)")
“I loved the monks they were fabulous, so cheeky it was terrific,” she said.
She said the dancers and live orchestra “blend very well together” and that she was learning a lot about China’s 5,000-year history.
“I’m learning a lot actually, we don’t have any background like that and it’s beautiful; lovely to see the way they are re-enacting it.”
She recommended others see Shen Yun before its final performance this Wednesday, Feb. 23.
“Worth seeing, come and see it before it ends. Won’t see it again for a while, it is fabulous,” Ms. Davis said.
“Thoroughly enjoying it.”
Reporting by Christine Hond and Ethan Yang.
Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company will perform at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre until Feb. 23. Next stop of the tour is Melbourne, March 1-6. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
