NEW YORK CITY—Nirmal Nigwekar felt the dancers and choreographers of Shen Yun Performing Arts had “achieved perfection” in their craft, marveling at the movement and even use of gravity and air in what the audience could see.
“The overall choreography is fantastic. I mean, there seems to be a lot of effort that has gone through,” said Mr. Nigwekar, a bank auditor, describing the rotation of certain spins and how each dancer executed synchronized movements exactly the same. He attended Shen Yun at Lincoln Center on March 28.
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company, known for revitalizing the ancient art form.
Mr. Nigwekar said Shen Yun was a “fantastic combination of art and science.”
Mr. Nigwekar said what touched him the most was the inclusion of a story that was set in the current day, which showed Chinese people who hold onto tradition and faith despite persecution by the Chinese communist regime, based on true events.
“That touched me the most, because I felt like they try to show, they didn’t hide the emotions of current China,” he said. “That’s what I appreciate the most.”
“There is persistence. I mean, there is a lot of hard work,” he said. “But here they are presenting in such a fashion that ... the words have not been used, but the dance actually gives you that feeling, what they want to say really from inside. So I think that’s something that you need to take away from this.”
