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Shen Yun presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music, says the Shen Yun website. A performance by Shen Yun is a presentation of traditional Chinese culture as it once was: a study in grace, wisdom, and the virtues distilled from the five millennia of Chinese civilization.
New York-based Shen Yun is of a “superior standard featuring the essence of classical Chinese dance, which I hadn’t been able to deeply understand,” Mr. Lin said.
In a collection of short dance pieces, audiences travel from the Himalayas to tropical lake-filled regions; from the legends of the culture’s creation over 5,000 years ago through to the story of the persecuted Falun Gong in China today; from the highest heavens down to the dusty plateaus of the Middle Kingdom, the Shen Yun website explains.
Apart from being totally immersed in classical Chinese dance, Mr. Lin Cangzhou was able to grasp the spiritual essence of the Falun Gong meditation practice. “I seem to better understand Falun Gong. I still can’t put it in concrete words. I have heard of Falun Gong, just a bit of it, not much. Today I seem to see that (Falun Gong) depicts something with deeper meaning.
“I come to feel, there seems to be the combination of Chinese divinity and Buddha,” he concluded.
Shen Yun Performing Arts champions the cause of reviving authentic ancient Chinese culture. Excellent performance onstage and displays of challenging dance movements earned thunderous applause from audiences. The Shen Yun performance ended with two curtain calls.
Reporting by Yue Yun.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts is one of three companies touring simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
