SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

‘They Have the Power to Change My Mind,’ Doctor Says About Shen Yun

Mar 02, 2023

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan—Taiwanese theatergoers enjoyed Shen Yun Performing arts at the Chih-The Hall of the Kaohsiung Cultural Center on March 1, many saying the performance purified their hearts and souls.

“I enjoyed it very much! The dances really presented comprehensively the 5,000 years of Chinese culture, especially the ones from the Tang and Song Dynasties,” said Mr. Chen His-jung, the president of an Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. “It’s really memorable.”

Mr. Chen said that he likes everything about Shen Yun, the music, costumes, colors, and more.

“The scenes on stage are like postcards. Each scene is breathtaking. If I can buy any painting like them, I definitely will hang them up at home,” he said. “They really made me very relaxed and refreshed. They have the power to change my mind. They are very beautiful.”

Shen Yun has a patented dynamic backdrop, which extends the stage and interacts with dancers from screen to stage. Mr. Chen called the backdrop “high-tech” and the dancers the best in the world.

“The choreography, dances’ rhythms, and the dancers’ movements are all very beautiful,“ he said. “The dances are full of celestial spirit. They are dancing like divine beings.”

The name “Shen Yun” indeed translates into the “beauty of divine beings dancing.”

New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company, and has a mission to show the beauty and goodness of “China before communism.”

Mr. Chen felt his heart and soul were cleaned by Shen Yun. His wife added: “Shen Yun is like a clear stream, which warmed the audience’s hearts and filled them with hope.”

Time Machine

“I felt like entered a time tunnel and traveled into history. Chinese cultures became alive and vivid,” said Mr. Liu Yen-fu, the chairman and CEO of an educational publishing company. “Shen Yun dancers don’t need any language. They expressed very rich feelings and meanings through their movements and facial expressions. This is very special.”

Mr. Liu was amazed that Shen Yun delivers the values in a very entertaining way, making them easily understood and accepted.

“I will invite more people to attend Shen Yun if I have the chance,” he said. “It uses dances to express the contents and meanings of traditional Chinese culture, which is great!

For 5,000 years China’s civilization was built on values and virtues from the spiritual teachings of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, virtues like loyalty, propriety, wisdom, justice, and benevolence—values that are universal and shared the world over.

Warmth and Kindness

“Every story in Shen Yun delivers kindness. These stories talked about different histories but always presented us that the right choice between virtue and vice is virtue. It encourages people to be kind,” said Ms. Hung Chia-hui, the secretary-general of the World Chinese Female Entrepreneurs Association.

Ms. Hung Chia-hui, the secretary-general of the World Chinese Female Entrepreneurs Association, attends Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Chih-The Hall of the Kaohsiung Cultural Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on March 1, 2023. (Tung Hui-ling/The Epoch Times) — Ms. Hung Chia-hui, the secretary-general of the World Chinese Female Entrepreneurs Association, attends Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Chih-The Hall of the Kaohsiung Cultural Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on March 1, 2023. Tung Hui-ling/The Epoch Times

Ms. Hung said she was shocked by Shen Yun, which is “really spectacular! I felt the performance is amazing!”

“The costumes are very well designed. The colors are super gorgeous and very bright,” she said. “I personally love very much the Qing Dynasty’s female dance.”

Ms. Hung said she was touched by Shen Yun, not only because of the fantastic dance, but also the strong energy emanating from the stage.

“It was like bright lights shone onto us [audience members], and it felt like the work of divine beings. A very strong feeling,” she said.

Ms. Hung knows that Shen Yun puts on an all-new production, including new choreography, music, costumes, and backdrop sets every year.

“I attended Shen Yun last year, and really enjoyed it. So, this year, I invited five friends to attend together with me,” she said.

Each Shen Yun performance consists of nearly 20 vignettes, presented through highly-expressive art forms such as classical Chinese dance, original orchestral music performed live, soloists who sing in the bel canto tradition, animated digital backdrops, and more.

Reporting by Epoch Times Staff in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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