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Shen Yun Is ‘A Reminder That We Need to Keep Things Simple and Pure,’ Says Leadership Expert

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Shen Yun Is ‘A Reminder That We Need to Keep Things Simple and Pure,’ Says Leadership Expert
Sergio Gascon (L) with a friend enjoyed Shen Yun's matinee at the Terrace Theater on March 31, 2024. Michael Ren/The Epoch Times

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Leadership expert Sergio Gascon, a former leadership program director at the University of Southern California, thought Shen Yun Performing Arts was fantastic when he attended its matinee at the Terrace Theater on March 31.

“The show is amazing. It’s just a reminder of the beauty of culture and life. [It lets us] know that the times we live today—much of that is very restricted in many forms,” he said.

“So, to see [the world] again in its purity, it’s wonderful.”

Based in New York, Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company.

Its artists are seeking to revive the glory of China’s 5,000 years of history and share with the world—through a series of short dance pieces—all that is good and beautiful.

Mr. Gascon deeply resonated with that idea and thought Shen Yun’s mission to bring back traditional culture is a great reminder “of what we’re missing.”

“It’s much needed throughout the world and especially in today’s time. Hopefully, we can continue to fight for it and to retain it, and to keep it in its form—that it is now,” he said, referring to the divine element of the show.

Mr. Gascon was also mesmerized by Shen Yun’s music and the company’s presentation of classical Chinese dance.

“It is wonderful. It’s just purity. I enjoy something that’s simple and wonderful— just beautiful. It’s a reminder that we need to keep things simple and pure,” he stated.

“The music is very inspirational and wonderful. They’ve done an amazing job of connecting it with the performance and the storytelling.”

According to the company’s website, Shen Yun’s orchestra is the first in the world to permanently combine ancient Chinese and Western instruments.

Seamlessly blending the grandeur of Western orchestration with the ethereal beauty of Chinese melodies, Shen Yun musicians produce a profound emotional range that captures the depth of the human experience.

A spiritual person himself, Mr. Gascon thought it was a very special and wonderful thing to be able to attend Shen Yun on Easter Day. The whole performance was very thought-provoking.

The message he’ll be taking home from the matinee is that “we need to be thankful. We need to continue to be inspired by hope and come together as one country, as one world.”

“I teach leadership. So, in all things, I look for leadership in the story, and certainly, [in Shen Yun] it’s there,” he said.
Reporting by Michael Ren and Jennifer Tseng.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
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