“It lifted my spirit up to heaven.”

The director of a Sydney theatre congratulated the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company for bringing Chinese culture to Australia after seeing Sydney’s Friday night show at the Parade Theatre.

“I find it so interesting, because Chinese culture is so different from Australian culture,” Ms. Wolstenholm said.

Canberra audiences were the first in Australia to be enchanted by Shen Yun Performing Arts.

“The other thing I thought very interesting this year is the introduction of a bit of humour,” she said.