ROSEMONT, Ill.—Music director Gia Martin was wowed by the voice of the bel canto singers in Shen Yun Performing Arts, seeing the performance on April 25 at the Rosemont Theatre.
“Beautiful. Beautiful music, beautiful performance, beautiful message, especially message, especially message,” she said, adding that it was fitting for Easter with messages of hope and faith. “The way they perform, it’s very connected to, where are we going, what is our goal—it’s heaven. That’s how we felt today overall, was heaven and earth connected.”
John Balluff, a priest, said he saw details that differed from his own Christian faith, but messages that were universal and shared.
“It’s a beautiful message of virtue and also of seeing more than what you just see,” he said. “It’s a spiritual understanding of human beings, not just work, a job, make money, buy things. So even the themes of, well, it’s a spiritual message, which resonates with me.”
“It’s beautiful. I think it’s very beautiful. And important,” he added.
Some people who have near-death experiences glimpse something otherworldly, he explained, and he has known some people who have told him about their own experiences.
“I knew somebody who had one, and one of the things that some of them say is that colors are so much more vibrant. And even since people encounter faith and re-look at the same world, it’s the color that stands out to them that they didn’t notice before,” he said.
