Shen Yun ‘Very Magical’ Says Artist
Xavier Chavez and Beverly Barris attend Shen Yun Performing Arts at Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater. (Sally Sun/The Epoch Times)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—“The show is fabulous, absolutely incredible!” This is how artist Beverly Barris described Shen Yun, after seeing it at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater on Saturday afternoon, May 5.
The New-York-based Shen Yun is the world’s foremost classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun seeks to revive and restore China’s 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture, including the spirit and values of the culture.
“The dancers are amazing, and the background, I guess it’s digital art, it’s beautiful, the dancers are so flexible, and beautiful,” Ms. Barris said.
Ms. Barris has her own art studio and creates murals, commissioned paintings and sculptures. She describes the purpose of her art as being to “touch and connect with the human soul.”
A trademark of Shen Yun is its striking images projected behind the performers. Many of these backgrounds are animated to synchronize with the choreography and lyrics and provide the landscape and setting to bring to life the stories behind their respective dances and songs.
Ms. Barris saw the show with Xavier Chavez, an airplane technician. Mr. Chavez, whose grandfather is Chinese, said he bought tickets as soon as they went on sale.
“I’m so glad I got them,” he said. “The energy, the coordination that brings everything together, the tradition that brings it out to everybody else today is so powerful, just total amazing.”
“Everybody should come and see it … It is magical, definitely, very magical,” Ms. Barris said.
Reporting by Sally Sun and Rebecca Hunnisett
Shen Yun Performing Arts, based in New York, tours the world on a mission to revive traditional Chinese culture.
For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
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