SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Shen Yun Shows the Better Angels of Humanity, Say French Audience Members

Jan 28, 2025

BORDEAUX, France—The audience seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Arkéa Arena on Saturday, Jan. 25, spoke afterwards of inspiration and the goodness of humanity seen in the performance.

Guillaume de Champeaux, head of procurement for a retail chain, said the performance was “frankly, exceptional.”

“It’s sumptuous!” said Mr. de Champeaux. “The sets are splendid! And I love the philosophy of this show too.”

Bringing to life 5,000 years of Chinese history and traditional culture, New York-based Shen Yun places spirituality at the heart of its dancing and singing tableaux. The Chinese believed that their culture had been handed down from the heavens, so they respected the harmony between Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Mr. de Champeaux was touched by “the message that the world is forgetting the good Lord. It’s very sad today, and I think it’s a sign of hope. I find it beautiful, very beautiful.”

“The dancers are phenomenally dynamic and extremely flexible. It’s very, very beautiful!” he added.

Olivier Flamant enjoyed Shen Yun at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 25, 2025. (NTD) — Olivier Flamant enjoyed Shen Yun at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 25, 2025. NTD

Shen Yun’s artistic level is “perfection,” said Olivier Flamant, a sales executive, and the performance was “very poetic and full of energy at the same time.”

In addition to characters and events from traditional Chinese culture and history, Shen Yun also exposes the current persecution of practitioners of the spiritual and meditation discipline of Falun Dafa by the Chinese Communist Party. Practitioners of this meditation system based on the principles of truth, compassion and forbearance have been subjected to imprisonment, torture, and forced organ harvesting since 1999.

By exposing the abuses committed by the Chinese Communist Party, Shen Yun is, according to Mr. Flamant, a vehicle for “peace.”

“It’s all good, it’s all good, it’s all very good,” he said.

“You can feel the compassion,“ he added. “You can feel the very human side connected to the divine. That’s the good side of man.”

Jean-Philippe Maté enjoyed Shen Yun at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 25, 2025. (NTD) — Jean-Philippe Maté enjoyed Shen Yun at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 25, 2025. NTD

Jean-Philippe Maté also appreciated the “poetic” side of Shen Yun.

Mr. Maté, a tech executive, was delighted to discover the connection to the divine present within Shen Yun.

“We tend to forget these aspects with the afterlife. It’s the history of China, 5,000 years of history! It’s good to bring it to the fore,” he said.

“The communist regime has prevented people from expressing themselves, so [the show] is a way of expressing and explaining the history of China. The history of China is linked to the divine, humans, and humanity. It’s good to be reminded of this and to put it into music and performance. It’s a beautiful thing!” he said.

This entrepreneur in the connected digital sector was impressed by the special effects of the animated backdrop. “I think the marriage between the dancers and digital technology is great,” he said.

By using cutting-edge technology to tell the story of China’s ancestral history and culture, Shen Yun is, in the words of this digital executive, “a combination of past and future.”

The show is comparable to “a journey,” he said, allowing us to “connect with the world beyond” and “see something we don’t see every day. That’s the idea. I like that.”

Shen Yun’s orchestra is unique, successfully combining the sounds of a Western symphony orchestra with Eastern musical instruments. The company director was delighted to discover “something new in the approach,” with the combination of familiar orchestra instruments as well as “instruments that are part of Chinese folklore. The marriage of the two is also something very appropriate. I appreciate it.”

Léo-Paul Vaurs enjoyed Shen Yun at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 25, 2025. (NTD) — Léo-Paul Vaurs enjoyed Shen Yun at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 25, 2025. NTD

Léo-Paul Vaurs said he had “a great time with my family” seeing Shen Yun.

This Michelin engineer was able to feel the harmony of “a very high artistic level, which mixes grace and great mastery of all their gestures with a very, very good harmony with the music.”

For Mr. Vaurs, the connection to the divine presented in the show is an art form that “connects us with things far beyond man, and that’s what this show feels like.”

Shen Yun is a vehicle for “love and beauty,” he added. “It’s Chinese culture that’s offered to us and shared around the world.”

“We come with expectations; we leave with lots of good vibes and positivity,” he confided, adding, “If everyone were to open up to other cultures, we'd have a world that would be much more harmonious and much more pleasant to live in!”

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