SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Shen Yun Conveys Purity at a Spiritual Level, Says Dancer

Mar 11, 2023

SEVILLA, Spain—Professional dancer Alejandra Sabena watched Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Cartuja Center Cite on March 9.

“There are no words—it’s amazing,” said Ms. Sabena. “The show’s stage design is wonderful … the great professionalism of the dancers, musicians, the acting, the costumes—it’s perfection wherever you want to look!”

Based in New York, Shen Yun was founded in 2006 and is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture.

Ms. Sabena said that Shen Yun “reflects the Chinese culture,” and that the dancing “reflects, above all, the light of the people. It reflects the soul of nature that moves us day by day.”

“I think that they have a way of directly transmitting … the messages that they want to give. You don’t need to understand Chinese, you don’t need to know their religion or their culture itself.”

Ms. Sabena said that the messages she got from Shen Yun’s performance were of “loyalty, love, love for nature, love for life, love for values.”

What they convey is a purity at a spiritual level that I will walk away trying to learn.

— Alejandra Sabena

“What they convey is a purity at a spiritual level that I will walk away trying to learn,” said Ms. Sabena. “I would [try] to learn Chinese, try to get to know that culture and bring it into my life.”

Ms. Sabena also said that she believed in the importance of reviving traditional culture and sharing it with the rest of the world. She said that although Chinese culture is very ancient, it is new to those who are not Chinese and therefore, important to learn about.

“I think it’s good to know new beliefs, new cultures, and to be able to discern what you want to choose, what you want to support, and what you want to have faith in,” said Ms. Sabena.

Referring to China’s oppressive communist government and its persecution of followers of faith depicted in Shen Yun’s performance, Ms. Sabena said, “I think suppressing faith takes away from all of us the possibility of being more free.”

Ms. Sabena said she would recommend Shen Yun “to everyone, to all cultures, to all levels of society.”

“I wish it would reach people who can’t access theaters,” she said. “I think that this marvel is worth seeing.”

Reporting by NTD and Wandi Zhu.

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.