“Each dance was different, each performance was different and each was compelling, interesting, and it really would be too audacious to single out any of the great parts of this performance,” he said.
“Fantastic music—music that was played professionally, with exceptional precision, accurately. The coordination of the movements on the stage and the coordination of the beauty of the music made the stage appear to be floating in the air.”
Nun Praised Purity and Beauty of Shen Yun Performance
Catholic nun, Sister Barbara Rybus who was also in the audience this evening said that she could not wait to see the performance.“Fantastic, wonderful. You can see in all dances the purity of souls of those performers who dance. Artists just want to give their best on stage to convey the beauty to others,” she said.
“Wonderful music, wonderful colors, costume colors [were] beautifully chosen, beautiful dance,” Sister Barbara Rybus said.
She especially liked the dance with long, flowing sleeves.
“I am fascinated by their performance and I will certainly look forward to seeing their new repertoire next year.”
“If a man lives in harmony with God, with nature, with another man [then] he has inner peace. This inner peace emanates from our face, our eyes, [and manifests itself] in contact with other people. It seemed to me that even [Shen Yun] songs conveyed that we should keep going towards the good, the beauty of this Sun–as God is,” the sister said.
Sister Rybus explained that what some people describe as Sun or a Higher force for her that is simply–God, Creator of Heaven and earth.
Sister Rybus was thrilled by how the artists performed what was unearthed from five thousand years of civilization and how it was transposed to the stage to show it to today’s people.
“I think that this [artistic] expression is a Mission, it is simply conveying to the modern man that only in harmony with that Beauty that is in human nature, with the right—can we create something in the world—something good.”
CEO and Business Owner Impressed by Shen Yun Music and Backdrop
CEO of an international information technology company Wiktoria Jaros-Susicka and business owner Karol Susicki were both glad to attend and were impressed by Shen Yun’s music and backdrop.Ms. Jaros-Susicka mentioned, “We are glad that we were able to see a little bit of the world during this pandemic time.”
“For me, it was an amazing experience, because it was the first time I saw such blending of contemporary instruments with the Chinese ones,” Ms. Jaros-Susicka said.
“It was a beautiful instrument, I did not think that it was two strings,” Mr. Susicki said.
“Our daughter plays the cello, my son plays the guitar—these instruments have more strings—and I did not think that you can bring out such beautiful and deep sounds from a two-stringed instrument.”
Ms. Jaros-Susicka said that she “was very impressed with this dance, especially with all somersaults.”
“I liked men’s somersaults a lot—all of them in general,” she noted.
She also liked “the difference between the male dance, which was so strong, and the female dance, which was so gentle.”
“The transitions [between the stage and the backdrop] were great and amazing when they jumped on and suddenly ...,” Ms. Jaros-Susicka said.
“They appeared on the screen [or] the other way around,” Mr. Susicki added.
“Next year, we would like to come with our daughters, three little ones—ages: 10, 10, and 14,” Mr. Susicki said.
“I would say that it is worth coming to see traditional Chinese culture, as it is rarely possible, that is, you cannot see it anymore,” Ms. Jaros-Susicka said.
“It is especially so relevant in our times, ... and I think this encounter with this tradition is very unique and valuable.”