(Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of July 18, 2009, Shen Yun Performing Arts, which is based in the U.S., completed its last show at the Orfeo Suderdomo Theatre in

Cordoba, Argentina amidst loud applause and high praise from the audience.

Audience in Cordoba

In the theatre, the audience was profoundly moved by the creative and unique choreography, the breath-taking melody of the erhu and the vivid backdrops. They applauded and cheered as the performers responded to repeated curtain calls.

Having toured Buenos Aires, Chile's capital city Santiago, and the renowned cultural city of Cordoba in Argentina, Shen Yun Performing Arts has brought "the top show in the world" to the people of South America, presenting a total of sixteen performances on its first tour of this continent.

Mrs Zheng (first right): Very beautiful. Everything was first class!

Mr Zheng has lived in Argentina for ten years, and is currently running a market. He thinks the whole performance is excellent, including the music, dance, costumes and the backdrops.

"The whole show was excellent! I'm very happy to be able to watch such a performance here." Mrs Zheng said with tears in her eyes. She continued, "It's very beautiful. The design was first class! Everything was first class!"

"It is not easy to see such an excellent performance overseas," she said. She also said that they saw the advertisement for the show and heard about it from friends, but they decided to come to the show only after they browsed the website on the Internet. They closed their shop early that day to make sure they were in time for the show. She said, "It was very worthwhile. We are very happy, and our feelings are beyond words. [The show] is very touching. It's very hard to see such a performance, even in China." They said they would share their reactions to Shen Yun with their family members and friends in mainland China.

Musician Martin Rodriguez said the performance presents a sense of beauty that cannot be expressed in words

Musician Martin Rodriguez said, "The show is very good, excellent, very natural and fresh. All the performances are very beautiful. As a musician, I like the music in 'Drummers of the Tang Court'. It's very touching, very powerful energy! Very precise rhythm! A kind of beauty beyond words."

On the effect of the music throughout the whole show, Mr. Rodriguez commented, "Very good, very nice, very beautiful. Even when you express sadness and darkness, the music can still give people a kind of hope, a kind of expectation."

Pianist Juan Carlos Ciallella said that it was a very precious performance

Pianist Juan Carlos Ciallella came to the show with his colleagues and friends from the arts sector. He said, "I did not expect the Chinese classical music to be of such high standard. I was really surprised. When I heard the music I felt very excited. It was really good that a troupe like Shen Yun could come here, to pass to us Chinese classical music and culture. As a musician, I think this is a very precious show, and it gives me a lot of inspiration. I have the same comments on the dances and the words of the songs, which make the music shine with radiance, touching the hearts of people."

He said, "The dances are just as beautiful. For me, they are very effective and many dances in other cultures seem to have derived from Chinese dances. I think it is very good to develop and strengthen a culture in this way, and share it with others. I very much hope that Shen Yun can come and perform in Argentina often. I've had enough of the shows by the so-called well-known artists. We want the real arts."

Architecture Nestor Invernon (right) said that Shen Yun is genuine art

Architecture Nestor Invernon watched the show with excitement. He said with tears in his eyes, "I like the show very much, it's very touching. You can see my eyes are filled with tears."

"It is very touching, both the music and the dances, especially the story about Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted. But the world tries to ignore the existence of the persecution."

He praised the show from his heart, "The whole show, everything, everything is excellent." "The show seems to have melted into every cell in my body, and I feel all my organs, what you see and what you hear, the emotions and the spirit, I can feel everything in the show is perfect." "Every meaning, every content of the show has deeply imbedded in my mind."

"I feel Shen Yun is a song of life," said Invernon excitedly, "The whole show is very beautiful and has many very deep meanings. It's genuine art."

Dancer Alena (right)

Dancer Alena said, "We came to watch and learn from Chinese classical dances, to know more about China. We don't mind spending money or how far we live from here; we really want to learn more about the Chinese culture."

Alena said, "Each choreography and performance was very meticulous, including every movement, every pause, every color and every glance, especially the colors of the costumes match very well with the theme of the performance. The whole show, the whole stage and all the performers are like one body, and yet each one of them is also independent and has their own movements. It's amazing!"

She added, "This show is not a performance of technical skills, but a show that passes a spiritual knowledge to people through dance and music. It is not something material, but spiritual and cultural. This is what attracts people.

Fine Arts Director Mr. Mariano said the show was unforgettable

Fine Arts Director Mr. Mariano was invited to the show, which he described as unforgettable. He said, "I like the agile movements of the Shen Yun dancers, very colourful. The show was very good, very spectacular. It's a great honour for the people here that Shen Yun could come to perform in Cordoba."

"I like everything, the performance of the dancers, the cooperation between them, the music and the voices of the singers; everything is excellent, very, very beautiful." "If we were to give marks from 1 to 10, I would give this show 10 points! I'll certainly recommend the show to everyone."

Carlos Del Corro is a professor from an academy of fine arts in Cordoba, who has been teaching painting and sculpture for twenty-seven years. He said with great emotion after the show, "I have seen in this show the revival of classical art. We are in an era full of vulgarity and money that is placed above all values. [Shen Yun] offers the preservation of traditional values which are important to all cultures. Values should be placed above material interests. For me, I have clearly seen in this show that the values are saved. This is very special!"

"It's amazing! A deep feeling." Carlos Del Corro continued, "I'm an artist and I'm just amazed at how beautifully perfect the colors are mixed and coordinated. As for the dances, it's very hard to say which one is the best. I think every one is better and they are all exceptionally good."

"The words 'serve the country loyally" is a special message to the young people. I feel the extraordinary power of Shen Yun performance can benefit the young people." As a professor, Carlos Del Corro said Shen Yun should be promoted to all the students around the country. "I shall recommend the show not only to my students, but to all students around the country, especially those in the arts sector, so that they will be able to learn about the eastern culture on a spiritual level."

When mentioning the dance "Compassion and Dignity," Professor Carlos Del Corro said, "I think this is the key point of the show. I think in the face of compassion and dignity, mankind should completely submit, to have a beautiful future."