SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Shen Yun ‘Transported Me to a Land of Wonders,’ Says Singer

Apr 12, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel—Doron Stein, a partner at accounting firm BDO, saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Israeli Opera House and left enchanted.

“The performance showcases amazing art that, as we hear here, is 5,000 years old. It’s very, very rare,” he said after the April 12 matinee.

Shen Yun’s mission is to revive the 5,000 years of Chinese culture, and the performing art company is trying to give the global audience a glimpse of what China was like before the communist regime almost destroyed its culture.

“The performance is amazing. It reflects the Chinese perfectionism, as well as the cruelty of the harsh regime that suppresses many human rights, more than anywhere else in the world, to my knowledge,” said Mr. Stein.

“If we compare it to us (Jews), we have a culture of 3,000 or 2,000 years, while the Chinese precede us,” he added.

“Here [in our culture] we do not know how to grasp the Chinese narrative, the arrival of people from the heavens— these are things they lived on, and therefore they can also understand the connection between it and the dance in a deeper way.”

“What remains for us to be impressed with is the performing ability, both of the music and the movements, and the combination between them—the synchronization. What amazes me here is the combination of digital and physical movement. The synchronization between them is simply amazing.”

Regarding the music, he said, “They created a balance here between East and West. On the one hand, many instruments are Western, but on the other hand, the music is not entirely Western. It’s not Beethoven or Bach. So, this combination of East and West brings a very beautiful balance.”

He added, “I would recommend it because there is nothing like it. It’s not something you can see on YouTube. It’s one of a kind.”

Valery Davidovich, a trumpet player and conductor, was highly impressed with the music and the orchestra’s capabilities.

“I enjoyed it very much,” he said. “A very high level ... the orchestra is well built, a really wonderful conductor, I really liked the collective, very colorful and beautiful.”

“It is very, very beautiful,” Mr. Davidovich said.

Michal Shamir, a former opera singer, found moments in the music that were “so enriching, so beautiful and interesting.”

“I felt like this performance transported me to a land of wonders. Every image was truly stunning, captivating, with such abilities ... the creativity that can combine both mediums—stage and digital—is simply amazing, beautiful.

“It surprised me. It really surprised me. I didn’t think it would be so rich and deep, colorful and captivating.”

Miriam Amit, who works in the investment industry, felt great harmony from the performance.

“There was a great longing here for a lost culture. There is a philosophical and religious system behind it, and a determination not to break and not to give up. It was possible to see within the elevation of culture, tradition, and beauty, also a rebellion against the ominous and terrible things happening today in China.

“A word that encompasses everything is harmony. It is very beautiful, the movement is very flowing, there are a lot of colors. ”I think the performance is simply fascinating.”

Reporting by Oren Shalom and Qingrui An.

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