COLLEGE STATION, Texas—It was the first time for company VP Brandon Boatcallie and his wife Heather to watch Shen Yun Performing Arts, and they thoroughly enjoyed it.
“I think [Shen Yun] is really trying to preserve the divine in a secular world,” Mr. Boatcallie said after watching the show at the Rudder Auditorium on Feb. 4, “because so much of the things we’re faced with on a daily basis are trying to undermine the foundations of culture and society. So it’s neat to see how we can preserve that in our world today.”
“It’s impressive. They’re such athletic and strong dancers,” Mr. Boatcallie said, “You can tell all the work and love they’ve put into their trade and their craft. Very neat!”
Mrs. Boatcallie said she loved the costumes, “It was very beautiful, bright, and joyful. The dancing was gorgeous!”
Mr. Boatcallie was very impressed. “It was neat the way they merged the technology with the artistry. Behind every scene, there were very beautiful artistic renderings of various Chinese communities ... really, really well done.”
Through the seamless connection of the backdrop and stage, Mr. Boatcallie saw the connection between the divine and the mundane world. He said, “I liked the way it connected the divine with the earthly, and how you could interact between the two. It was really neat to see the connection between the divine that’s within each person and the stories ... the way they connected those two together.”
