“I feel very privileged to have seen the show.”Mr. Hutton, a business professional with a focus in news media, has won awards at the International Newspaper and Marketing Association (INMA) World Congress of News Media awards, for New Zealand’s most-read website Stuff.
“There were so many moments throughout the show where it was breathtakingly beautiful,” Mr. Hutton said of Shen Yun.
“There was a pureness to their performance,” Mr. Hutton said. “And I think I interpreted that pureness as I was feeling inspired and uplifted.
“What an absolute shame that such a wonderful creative group of people cannot do this performances in their homeland,” he added. “It is just such a huge huge waste, and it is just really sad actually.”Shen Yun’s artists hail from all over the world. But they cannot perform in China today, and there is no other performance like Shen Yun in China today.
This is because of the Chinese Communist Party’s systematic attempts to extinguish true Chinese culture. It is also because Shen Yun seeks to portray on stage the modern-day human rights abuses by the CCP against the Chinese people.
“It is just a shame that the orchestra and the performers cannot take this show to China—it is just so sad,” Mr. Hutton said.
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“We are so happy we made it. So happy we made it,” she said of the family’s planned weekend outing to see Shen Yun.
Mrs. Finau is the founder and director of Laulotaha, a mentoring programme that helps Pacific Island students. She has also had a significant involvement in tertiary education in New Zealand and throughout the Pacific.
“[Shen Yun] is a mix of of joy and reiterating many life lessons for human beings,” said Mrs. Finau.
“Especially, it was awesome to see how we came to existence as humans ... we enjoyed that,” she said, commenting on Shen Yun’s opening dance, which depicts the story of how humankind came to be on earth
She added. “It was a wonderful experience to see the rich history, culture—more than 5,000 years, up to today. With all today’s happenings ... we could be thinking of bringing back good old days.”
“It’s a different culture, different tradition, but still dignified. Amazing.”
“Its richness and its peace and joy ... it’s our own doings that brings all these disasters and all the changes to family life in our culture and tradition brought by technology. But the message is, you do good, you will end up good. And we have to pay for our sins.”
“It was good to come [see Shen Yun],” said Mrs. Finau.
She commented on Shen Yun’s final act, which over the years has signaled hope for many audience members.
“The finale [shows] the hope for tomorrow and our world will be saved by the good karma.”
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