STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Mr. Arnell is a show business director in the field of music, drama and magic shows. After seeing the Shen Yun performance on Wednesday evening, March 18, in Stockholm, he said that the show conveyed a benevolent message.
A Shen Yun advertisement in the newspaper caught the attention of Mr. Arnell. He then checked it out on the Internet. Immediately, he felt that he must see the show. He brought his wife and his mother. Now, after the show, he said he would see it again many times.
”The musicians are fantastic, and the dancers very skillful. The feeling and the message they communicate—I love it,” he said.
Mr. Arnell felt the Shen Yun artists conveyed a message of goodness to the audience.
“These ancient words that one doesn’t hear much nowadays,” he said, referring to the words, truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance, which are sung in the show.
“And dignity and respect,” added Ms. Arnell.
She loved the two-stringed Chinese musical instrument, the erhu.
”It was quite lovely,” she said.
Mr. Arnell said that there is something valuable in the composition of the orchestra that combines both Eastern and Western instruments. He believed that Westerners could feel the familiarity of the Western instruments played with this combination, and simultaneously extend their perception of the wide range of tones. It created a softer introduction to Chinese classical music.
The atmosphere in the theater generated a feeling that he was flying during the performance. He said that it gave pleasure to see the animations depicting flying gods. “There is hope despite the times of darkness.
“I think I was transported to another world,” said the elder Ms. Arnell about the Shen Yun show. Attending the performance was part of her 90th birthday celebration, she said.
”And I sat and cried a little,” said her daughter-in-law, Ms. Arnell.
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