Shen Yun Performing Arts finished five performances in Atlanta, Georgia, from Dec. 23 to 27. Shen Yun’s mission is to revive 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture from before communism, and has been touring globally since 2006 to fulfill that mission.
Cornel Patram, an immigration lawyer, said: “I like the culture, and I liked the performance of the artists. Just very creative and lots of creativity that was poured into the show. And the music and the rich culture of China, it’s present through and through in the show.”
“It was beautiful, it was really, really educational, inspiring,” said Chris Corcimiglia, the vice president of Future Infrastructure Group at CableLabs. “The faith, the artistry, the music, it was all really great. I came with my daughter and my wife, and they’re both dancers, and it was just great for them to be able to see and for all of us to experience this together.”
U.S. Army Reserves Colonel John Strain said: “the performance is always good. I saw it two years ago, so it has been updated since then. I love the tradition, I love the culture, [and] I love the water sleeves dance.”
Shen Yun showcases traditional Chinese dance and music on stage through a series of vignettes, spanning thousands of years of Chinese history from ancient times all the way up until modern day China.
Matthew Stoner, the sheriff’s deputy for the Atlanta Metro County, said: “I liked the different stories, my favorite one was the story of the Monkey King. And I really liked how the dancers interacted with the special effects.”
He added: “The dancers were amazing, they made it seem so easy. And I looked at everything they did and I thought, ‘wow, I couldn’t do any of this.’”
Stoner said he “got out of it the importance of tradition, the importance of continuity, and of not rejecting our tradition and respecting our elders.”
Shen Yun will be in San Francisco, California, from Jan. 2 to 5 and in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from Jan. 3 to 5.
NTD News, Atlanta, Georgia
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