CANBERRA, Australia—Art critic Ms. Helen Musa says she has taken a keen interest in the development of Shen Yun Performing Arts over the years, attending the show for the second time at the Canberra Theatre on Sunday, March 29.
“This year, I have noticed there are quite a lot of ethnic components. Say the Tibetan, the Southern Yi, and the Mongolian—that was a little bit different,” she said.
Ms. Musa has written several articles on the show before, and has had material on the show published in The Canberra Times—the city’s largest broadsheet daily, Capital Magazine—an arts and culture magazine, and City News—a lifestyle magazine. She used to work for The Canberra Times, but now freelances and has permanent columns in the latter two publications.
“The other thing I thought very interesting this year is the introduction of a bit of humour,” she commented, smiling. “There was the Monkey King [The Monkey King Triumphs], of course, and even a little bit of Li Bai [a famous Chinese poet features in the performance The Poet’s Vision]. There’s also the monk’s abduction of the bride [Monk Ji Gong Abducts the Bride],” she said.
Speaking of the latter, she said: “The first half is a bit funny, and of course it has a serious ending. I think that’s good, because you have to introduce a bit of light and shade. It’s coming along nicely, very well.”
She said one of her colleagues at The Canberra Times is writing a review on the show tonight.
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