Music, dance conveying feminine grace, ethereal movements, and masculine strength and courage, and 3-D animation in the background provided the participants of this artistic journey a deep and unforgettable experience.
Ms. Iwona Górna, who is a quantum life coach and an event organizer, found Shen Yun’s performance a powerful experience. She was delighted with the way traditional culture was portrayed.
“We could feel as if we had traveled through all those centuries together with the dancers,” she said.
According to Ms. Górna, “man wants to live happily and realize himself,” and the dancers showed this through the language of dance. According to her, the very strong emotions that accompanied the performance conveyed to her how the Chinese people actually oppose the regime in power.
She stressed that “there is a divine element in every person,” and therefore people have “incredible power within themselves” to “become known in this world and spread such sublime values, as were shown in the performance.”
“I’m also very impressed with the [physical] condition of the dancers,” she said, adding that it is an incredible feat, and that an incredible amount of work had to be put into preparing the show. “All the choreography, the music, the musicians … Really—great respect for all the creators,” she stressed.
Ms. Górna was moved by the song “To Relay the Creator’s Call” performed by the tenor.
“It was such a very strong, powerful call,” she said, “[It was a call] for a miracle actually, [a call] for help.
From the perspective of an event organizer, she said that “everything was superbly composed. Every detail of the show worked perfectly together and was executed at a very high, world-class level.”
To Shen Yun, she wanted to say, “You guys are amazing. [You showed] great artistry [in the] performance.”
Seeking Roots
Much emotion was evoked by Shen Yun’s performance in Ms. Anna Zwolak-Gniot, who is a doctor by profession. She watched the performance with her colleague Jolanta Chadaj, who is a teacher.Ms. Zwolak-Gniot said that although she often watches dance and ballet performances, “this is something completely different”—something that she had never seen before.
Ms. Zwolak-Gniot was it was remarkable that artists outside of China are reviving traditional culture. This was a testament to the great passion in people to “know their roots.” She said that people want to be who they were born to be, and they want to cultivate that, and this was amazing.
Both ladies congratulated the Shen Yun artists on their performance.
A Total Work of Art
“I am very moved. The visual, aesthetic experience was amazing. The music also affected me a lot, in an extraordinary way. I still feel it,” said Filip Frąkała, a visual artist.“I’m glad that today I could be here, to experience it,” said Mr. Frąkała. He stressed that it is a great work, and even “the realization of the idea of the total work of art, where different art forms are united.”
It included “animation, music, dance, and amazingly it all works together well,“ he said. “I haven’t seen something like this.”
He also really enjoyed the moment when the men imitated “a drawing of the mountains. It really made an incredible impression.”
“You could feel that by going to the foreground, they were drawing the part that was further away—and that deepened the perception of the work more,” Mr. Frąkała explained.
It was believed that traditional Chinese clothing reflected what clothes were worn in Heaven. Shen Yun accurately reflects the spirit of a particular dynasty or era in its costumes.
“I think it was these costumes, these colors that were very vivid, that gave the effect of shimmering space. Everything just shimmered in the eyes,” he recounted.
“I experience it all the time, and as soon as I close my eyes, I feel that I have these images somewhere in front of my eyelids,” the artist said.
The spirituality emanating from the performance and the values presented by the performers are, according to Mr. Frąkała, very topical. “I am a Catholic, but I felt a common ground here” in terms of the manifestation of the divine element in art, he said.
Addressing the artists, Mr. Frąkała said they are doing an amazing job. “I respect it very much. I am extremely moved, and I thank you for it,” he said.