SYDNEY—Belinda Scanlon is an accountant with a large company based in Sydney, but she enjoyed leaving all that behind her when she saw Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company at the matinee performance at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 12.
She smiled happily as she recounted her enjoyment of Shen Yun, saying it had been “exciting.”
Ms. Scanlon said she had some familiarity with elements of Chinese culture through her travels, but she said, “It is always good to learn more.”
“I liked all the history behind it,” she said. “All the symbols.”
“It’s good to be talked through that,” she said in commenting about the Masters of Ceremonies whose explanations she appreciated at the beginning of each scene.
Ms. Scanlon also liked the singing. “The baritone was good and it was good to have the translations,” she said, but it was the colours and the dancing that had most impressed her.
“I like all the costumes, and the dancing, and the colours,” she said.
Although she admitted that she was not a dancer, she joked that it would be good to learn some of the moves in the classical Chinese dance that Shen Yun is renowned for. However, she did not hold onto that dream for long, conceding that Shen Yun dancers made the difficult moves look so easy.
Ms. Scanlon said she had enjoyed Shen Yun so much she would definitely come back next year.
She smiled happily as she recounted her enjoyment of Shen Yun, saying it had been “exciting.”
Ms. Scanlon said she had some familiarity with elements of Chinese culture through her travels, but she said, “It is always good to learn more.”
“I liked all the history behind it,” she said. “All the symbols.”
“It’s good to be talked through that,” she said in commenting about the Masters of Ceremonies whose explanations she appreciated at the beginning of each scene.
Ms. Scanlon also liked the singing. “The baritone was good and it was good to have the translations,” she said, but it was the colours and the dancing that had most impressed her.
“I like all the costumes, and the dancing, and the colours,” she said.
Although she admitted that she was not a dancer, she joked that it would be good to learn some of the moves in the classical Chinese dance that Shen Yun is renowned for. However, she did not hold onto that dream for long, conceding that Shen Yun dancers made the difficult moves look so easy.
Ms. Scanlon said she had enjoyed Shen Yun so much she would definitely come back next year.
