Medical Professor: Shen Yun’s Message is Right

Dr. Adhikary had surprised his wife by buying tickets to Shen Yun as a birthday present. It turned out to be the perfect gift.
Medical Professor: Shen Yun’s Message is Right
Dr. Guary Adhikary had surprised his wife by buying tickets to Shen Yun as a birthday present. It turned out to be the perfect gift. Valerie Avore/The Epoch Times
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DETROIT—The 2012 Year of the Dragon brought to Detroit a stunning spectacle of 5,000 years of Chinese culture featuring Chinese classical dance, stunning costume artistry, award-winning vocalists, high-tech digital backdrops and an orchestra that melds Eastern and Western instruments.

Among the enchanted opening night audience of Shen Yun Performing Arts at Detroit Opera House was Dr. Guary Adhikary, a professor at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He had surprised his wife by buying tickets to Shen Yun as a birthday present. It turned out to be the perfect gift.

“I just loved it,” said Mrs. Adhikary after the show. “There is a lot of peace involved, which I loved. It was really wonderful to see Buddha and [the theme of] good over evil and all the fabulous dancers. Just lovely.”

Mrs. Adhikary is a teacher and an author of a book called N Is For Nepal, a book that introduces the Nepali culture to ‘children of all ages.’

Dr. Adhikary said, “Well, it’s a great performance, and they tell the story very nicely, lucidly, nicely explained, music is good, very nicely done and the expressions of the artists, you can feel their spirit in it. I like that.”

According to the Shen Yun website, in ancient China, artists cultivated virtue because they believed that to create true art worthy of the heavens, there must first be inner beauty and purity. The artists of Shen Yun seek to follow in that tradition.

Dr. Adhikary continued, “Basically, they are giving the message that people are going in the wrong direction—all of humanity. ... It’s a universal message and everybody in their right mind is actually thinking the same way and is part of that same movement. I like it; overall, the message is right.”

Both were enthusiastic about recommending the show to others. Dr. Adhikary said he would tell his colleagues at work while Mrs. Adhikary thought she could reach more of her friends through Facebook.

Reporting by Diana Hubert and Sophia Bronwen

Shen Yun, based in New York, tours the world on a mission to revive traditional Chinese culture and stages performances of mainly classical Chinese dance. The International Company, one of Shen Yun’s three equally large companies, will perform in the Detroit Opera House, Detroit, through Jan. 29.

For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org.