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Singer: Shen Yun Performance, Music ‘Just Exquisite’

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Singer: Shen Yun Performance, Music ‘Just Exquisite’
Julia Lindsay (R) and guests enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts at Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, University Park, Ill., the evening of March 9, 2024. Stacey Tang/The Epoch Times

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill.—Shen Yun Performing Arts is known throughout the performing arts world, and singer Julia Lindsay thought she might be one of the few in her industry who hadn’t yet seen the innovative arts company.

“The way they sang, the way they used their voices,” she said, “it made me feel like I was part of their culture.”

“I thought it was just exquisite,” said Ms. Lindsay, who saw her first Shen Yun performance at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University on March 9. Now retired, Ms. Lindsay’s career took her touring all around the world, performing styles from opera to gospel.
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company and has grown to world renown since its inception in 2006 for a lot more than dance.

The artists aim to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through music and art. Besides promoting classical Chinese dance, which is one of the world’s most comprehensive dance systems alongside ballet, Shen Yun features unique musical components as well.

Each of Shen Yun’s eight tour groups travels with an orchestra that blends East and West, featuring Chinese instruments like the erhu and pipa as permanent members of the ensemble. The performances also feature solo singers who perform original Chinese language songs using the traditional bel canto style.

The program Ms. Lindsay saw featured two bel canto singers, accompanied by piano. She thought the singers’ voices and artistry were excellent and said she enjoyed the pianist’s classical approach as well.

“I mean, her touch on the keyboard was just beautiful, really beautiful,” she said.

And then there are the couture costumes and patented backdrop technology that are designed anew every year for a whole new production.

“The beautiful costumes—and the colors!” Ms. Lindsay said. “And [the] backdrop—oh my goodness! That was exquisitely timed, the way they came in and out of the background. Oh, magnificent!”

She said the artists certainly inspired her.

“Magnificent! I mean, the whole show,” she said. “Thank you for the exquisite quality.”

With reporting by Stacey Tang.
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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