Shen Yun is “very entertaining, very informative, quite thought-provoking, and well worth seeing,” he said on April 27.
“I think what is very striking is ... the sheer physicality of the performance, the extraordinary flips and turns and the remarkable talent of the dancers,” Mr. Fletcher said, adding he was impressed by “the way that stories are communicated very, very effectively.”
The dance form can vividly depict characters and scenes from any time period, as well as a wide range of emotions, and portray any cherished timeless virtues—righteousness, loyalty, benevolence, and tolerance.
“The merging of very sophisticated modern multimedia technology with the huge high-resolution screen, together with the performers on stage, and the way that the characters move between the physical stage in front of us and then the screen and the animation, is extremely effective and very cleverly done,” he said.Grounded in state-of-the-art graphics technology, Shen Yun’s backdrop provides striking scenery, extending the stage, and at times interacting with the dancers on the stage while bringing the audience into the story.
“I think what is interesting is the sense of the supernatural, the sense of another world, and, of course, that is present in all great religious traditions that the idea that we are here in this physical world but there is another world beyond that,” he observed. “I think that sense comes through very clearly in the production tonight.”“What we are seeing clearly in this production is an insight into the richness of Chinese culture and the thousands of years of history and tradition,“ he said. ”And it does seem rather unfortunate that that’s something that cannot be seen by people in China today. But let’s hope that won’t always be the case.”
This year, Shen Yun tours almost 200 cities around the world, but still cannot be seen in China, and there is no other performance like it in China today.
“Chinese culture obviously goes back to thousands of years and China is one of the world’s great nations and has been for a very long time. And I think it’s important that as many people as possible, whichever country they’re in, have an understanding of Chinese cultural traditions,” Mr. Fletcher said.
“I think this is a very important educational tool as well as, of course, being richly entertaining. And so I think [Shen Yun] will be enjoyed and appreciated all around the world.”
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