‘Just Incredible,’ Says Celebrity Personal Trainer Janet Campbell

SYDNEY—It is the last show that Sydney audiences will see this year from the Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company and the Capitol Theatre resounded with a standing ovation and three curtain calls.

Australian-born celebrity personal trainer Janet Campbell, who currently works out of Hollywood, saw a little preview on the show in the United States, but didn’t get any chance to see there.

Currently she is filming the Avatar sequels and two other films in New Zealand and while visiting family, Ms Campbell was thrilled to finally have the chance to see the show.

"I am so overwhelmed and entertained by the acrobatics and the choreography behind the show. It is very well put together and the musical, the lighting, the timing is just incredible," she said.

Ms. Campbell confessed that she thought the show was going to be more of a "Las Vegas kind of show, but I am very, very happy that it is traditional Chinese. I am happy that it is more traditional than ropes and acrobatics. I am happy to see that it is the natural performance of the actors and the dancers and the fighters."

Like many people in the audience, Ms. Campbell also gained a new insight into Chinese culture. "It is beautiful to see that they are going with their feelings, instead of a Hollywood-style of acting, and they are all young and in shape, and it is beautiful to see that it is really coming from their hearts, and it is their culture," she said.

"Some people in the world are a little ignorant. We don’t respect their culture and it is very knowledgeable to see what they teach while they are dancing. It is harder sometimes not to have any lines and a dialogue, but when you watch the performance and it is beautiful, you understand, we get to understand the Chinese culture."

Ms. Campbell was so enthusiastic about Shen Yun that she looks forward to relive the experience.

"It was beautiful, very touching and very romantic. I'm actually going to buy their CD and live again live, and you feel like you are there and the guy’s voice OH! To die for he is amazing! I have to get the CD. I have to," she said, referring to Qu Yue, a baritone, who sang "A Path to Heaven."

Reporting by NTD Television and Kati Turcu.

Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company will perform at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre March 1-6. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org