VANCOUVER—Georges Prevost, a dentist, was deeply moved by Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on April 12.
“It’s moving. If you don’t cry outside, you cry inside,” he said. “It is spiritual. Gets you in touch with yourself.”
For 5,000 years, China’s civilization flourished under the shared belief that the divine will bless those who uphold traditional moral values. Tragically, within just a few decades of the communist party’s violent takeover, these beliefs were almost completely erased and replaced with atheism.
Mr. Prevost loved how creative the production was, and he said he thought the performers’ depiction of traditional Chinese spirituality was “very deep.”
“It’s very deep. [There’s] a lot of layers,” he said. “It touches the soul.”
He added that Shen Yun expresses the soul “with the most gracious, elegant movements. It speaks of kindness, and every breath, every muscle used is expression of the inner self and the history behind it. That’s the way I enjoy the show.”
Shen Yun’s “value will be felt in days to come. It takes time to really let it sink in and discuss it with others and see what they got out of it, what I got out of it. It will be valuable, no doubt,” he said.
For him, the artists’ message is urging everyone “to take a step back and appreciate the Chinese culture.”
“Definitely never generalize anything until you have really been there. My experience in life is that ... if you want to make a judgment call or some conclusions, you have to be there with the people. That’s the only way you can advance,” he said.
