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BRNO–The Janacek Theatre in Brno hosts three shows of the Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company this week. Petr Mrkyvka, Honorary Consul of Poland in Brno, attended the premiere on April 19.
Mr. Mrkyvka, who is also a university lecturer and vice dean of the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University Brno, said that the “Impression from Shen Yun was huge,” and that he thinks that “it is not just art, it is enormously spiritual.”
He then touched on his country's recent tragic loss of the Polish delegation led by President Lech Kaczynski, and how it felt to emerge from sorrow into the soul-stirring beauty of Shen Yun. “As a Polish Consul, I have to say one thing: That we have been through a week of great sadness. And for me it is a kind of liberation.”
“I have also seen illustrations of what is happening in China, that not everything is as it should be and there is lot of suffering, but I have also seen great hope in the show, which gives me strength. And I have also understood, that art can heal a soul, isn't it wonderful?” Mr. Mrkyvka added.
The dancing scene, Mongolian Hospitality, awoke distant memories from the consul's childhood: “The one thing that held my interest, was the dance with Mongolian dishes from Inner Mongolia, because quite long time ago, when I was 14, I used to be in a camp which was in the Outer Mongolia. So when I saw steppe and yurts, I said to myself, that I would like to see it once again. And I will probably take it through China, if they let me.”
At the end, Mr. Mrkyvka talked about the hope that Shen Yun gave to him: “The things I have just said: the huge impression and hope. That if there is something wrong, it can be set right; that something is guiding us and pushing us forwards. So this is one thing. And the other would be checking posters for more beautiful shows around here, just as beautiful as this one,” he added.
With reporting by NTDTV.
Shen Yun Performing Arts European World Tour 2010 will next perform in Brno/Brünn (Czech Republic), then Paris (France), Cardiff (UK), and Louvain-la-Neuve/Neu-Löwen near Brussels (Belgium).
For more information, please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
