Sydney, Australia: Project Manager Gives Shen Yun "10 out of 10" (Photos)

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Sydney, Australia: Project Manager Gives Shen Yun "10 out of 10" (Photos)

May 16, 2010

(Clearwisdom.net) Morgan Chetty, a retired project manager, and his wife Tilly, a primary school teacher, took the opportunity to see the New York-based company while it was on its Australian tour Friday night in Sydney.

Mrs. Chetty said she had been watching out for Shen Yun in the papers and had brought two friends to see it.

"Oh it was absolutely magnificent, I just loved it all," she said. "I just thought the orchestra was outstanding, I love the [two-stringed instrument] and the individual performances were wonderful," she said of the Shen Yun orchestra; the virtuoso performance of the erhu by Xiaochun Qi, accompanied by pianist Peijong Hsieh; and the solo opera singers.

"The performers were just magnificent," she continued. "I enjoyed it all, you know-technical skills, timing, costumes, the Miao dance, the Tibet dance, the Mongolian dance, it was all just superb!

"It was just an extravagance. Thank you, it was lovely."

Mr. Chetty was equally enthusiastic. "10 out of 10. I enjoyed it," he said, adding that the dancing, costumes, music and orchestra were fantastic.

Shen Yun Performing Arts incorporates contemporary issues in China, particularly the suppression of people for their beliefs. Mrs. Chetty said she loved that dimension to the performance.

"I enjoyed that exposure to Falun Gong," she said. "And because I don't believe in any suppression of any thoughts, I like freedom of expression and freedom of speech and I thought that it was wonderful that you brought it here."

"I didn't expect the show to be anything about that, but I thought that it was really lovely to see that."

Mrs. Chetty said she hoped Falun Gong practitioners would eventually be free to follow what they believed in China.

"I would love them to be free to do that," she said.

Morgan Chetty, a retired project manager, and his wife Tilly, a primary school teacher.

Impressed by the Free Spirit of Shen Yun

For Arnold Jumekis, the free spirit of Shen Yun in portraying scenes of modern-day persecution by the Chinese communist regime was what impressed him the most.

"I think it showed the desire of these people to be able to say and do what they like," Mr. Jumekis said.

"I come from a country where I lived under communism. Unless you do that, you do not realize what freedom means. In this country we are very lucky, we can say what we like, we can do what we like."

He said he was glad he saw the show, and liked the way different cultures were represented in the different dances.

"I really enjoyed it. I think it was quite a bit of a learning curve as well."

"Really brilliant"

Tatiana Cox said she felt like crying in some of the dances that depicted the persecution of people for their beliefs in modern China.

"I believe that's still happening and I think that's horrible what they do. It doesn't matter what you believe, you have the right to believe in something."

She saw the show with her husband Dan Cox, an IT executive.

"I thought it was really brilliant, really nice," he said. "Very good dancing, lovely choreography."

When asked whether he would recommend the show to others, he said: "I would say I think it would be excellent ... and well worth coming and seeing the beautiful performers."

Dorothy Green, a retired teacher, said she loved the music played by the live orchestra.

"I love the music, the Chinese music," she said. "I've been to China three times so I enjoy going there. I've been to Tibet and the music is, just, it's so different. I just love it."