TORONTO—Shen Yun Performing Arts gave the audience at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts a wonderful performance on April 2.
Mr. Aminian said everything in Shen Yun’s production was in balance. “All of them are balanced. It was a perfect equilibrium,” he said.
“It is just by immersing ourselves into it. ... The harmonious orchestration and a beautiful mixture of infusion of traditional music with modern music.
“The colors, the allegories, and symbols used—they were universal allegories and symbols. The king walking under the wand, all of these dance movements, the design of the clothes, the birds’ movements: All of these ancient traditional movements were expressed in one musical. It was beautiful,” he said.
Mr. Aminian described the dramatic moments in the various dances as similar to the art of opera.
“Those are two-thirds of the climax of the music. Usually it’s done in traditional ballet and all kinds of musicals and operas. It’s how we raise the emotions of the audiences and bring them back to the point of equilibrium. And [Shen Yun] has done this beautifully.”
He described how the characters in the dances communicate different tones and colors of sound. He said there are “different spirits of the expression. Those are different spirits that manifest in the actresses, actors, ballerinas, dancers, in a very beautiful way.”
From his viewpoint, Mr. Aminian expressed how beautifully the dancers synchronized their emotions with their movement, like a beautiful piece of classical music.
He said the music was for the sole purpose of expressing some kind of emotion. “It moved me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to communicate all of these details from the perspective of a retired conductor and composer and someone who writes poetry, too. All these perspectives moved me. For this reason, I’m able to communicate all of these, and my appreciation, true appreciation, from all the nuances and details that your production was trying to communicate.”
Shen Yun is “the embodiment of the ancient concept of allegory and of embodiment of divinity within each one of us. In the mystical traditions of Buddhism, Judaism, [and other religious beliefs], you would see all of them talk about the same universal spiritual concept of truth without even these people knowing each other for thousands and thousands of years. And I enjoyed that as well.
“It is important because we have to get in touch with our humanity and speak our own voice. That oneness of our own voice is an expression of that truth. ... And that truth is divinity.
“[Shen Yun presents] the ancient concepts of the naturalist world. These are universal concepts that go above and beyond any race, ethnicity, nationality, or creed. ... I recommend the production to anyone,” he said.
Mr. Aminian said, “The dancers were superb. They were well-trained—I enjoyed it very much. ... It moved me.”
