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CÓRDOBA, Argentina—Mr. Martinez, president of a local university in Córdoba, enjoyed each and every aspect of the Shen Yun Performing Arts show after watching it at Córdoba’s Estadio Orfeo accompanied by professor of sociology Ms. Brigido.
“The dancers were spectacular, the tenors were really very beautiful.”
Mr. Martinez said that Shen Yun presents the true history of China and “its great diversity”.
Shen Yun Performing Arts is a New York-based company that seeks to revive the true, millennia-old artistic tradition of China that thrived before decades of suppression by the Chinese communist state.
Mr. Martinez said the fact that Shen Yun performers are all outside of mainland China and the dance company is based in United States was “really very wonderful."
He said that he particularly enjoyed the performance Welcoming Spring.
“I found it emotional,” he said. Stunning bursts of color of swirling skirts and quivering fans denotes the end of a long harsh winter in this festive dance.
As the president of a university, Mr. Martinez said he would recommend Shen Yun to the students.
“I think it is beautiful to recreate, through art, a little of what the story of China was, and to make it known throughout the world. I think that because of that I would recommend it. Furthermore, critically, I think that it [Shen Yun] is of a high caliber.”
Ms. Brigido was also touched by the Shen Yun performance and said the dance company’s presentation of China’s rich cultural heritage is beneficial for modern day China.
The scene that had the most impact on her was Heaven Awaits Us Despite Persecution, a story depicting the persecution of the Falun Gong peaceful meditation practice initiated 10 years ago by the Chinese communist regime.
In this performance, a father is tortured to death for his belief in Falun Gong.
“I think it is marvelous, furthermore, it expresses a compromise with a series of values,” Ms. Brigido said. “I think they [Shen Yun] bring to light the things of China that one is unfamiliar with. Furthermore, the flexibility, the discipline and the manner of conveying this [persecution], I find stupendous.
“That touched me because there was a child,” Ms. Brigido said, recalling a scene when the daughter's small frame was racked with pain over the death of her father.
However, celestial beings descend from heaven to guide him to higher realms, confirming an old Chinese belief that good will be rewarded and evil punished, even if not in this lifetime.
“I was thinking how a regime, like the one they have now, has been able to impose itself in a country so vast, so diverse and with traditions and customs that are so [deeply] rooted. I still can’t explain it myself, but I gather that a major part has been on account of those repressions. Otherwise, one can’t understand how a regime can impose itself over such a long time.”
Shen Yun Touring Company will next perform in Westchester County, New York, for one night only on Aug. 2.
For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
