GOLD COAST, Australia—Artist Anthony Pieters expressed his admiration for Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, saying the production quality is “way higher than any pop star could put on.”
“It was a flawless show. The choreography, everyone was in sync, no matter who was at the back or the side and who was centre, everyone was moving in unison. I’ve never seen anything like that in person before,” he said.
Shen Yun tours the world every year with all-new choreography on a mission to revive the rich cultural heritage of China’s 5,000 years of civilisation that was almost lost in modern times—taking inspiration from the entire pantheon of divine beings, spiritual cultivators, and heavenly themes that have enriched Chinese history and thought.
“What I found interesting was with the characters that were played, how the dancers used their body to portray their characters was incredible—whether it was an older person and their posture walking with the walking sticks and whether it was the troublemakers or the people that were there to create chaos,” Mr. Pieters said.
And “not once they missed the timing, not once they missed the placement. And we were wondering, ‘Do they have markers to do that, or do they just practice really well?’ That’s another attention to detail, where not only do the dancers have to remember the choreography, they also have to remember the placement with such a technical routine.”
“We would absolutely recommend it,” he said.
