Shen Yun Performing Arts graced the stage at Wycombe Swan theatre in High Wycombe on Feb. 25, 26, and March 1.
“Wow. Totally amazing. Beautiful on the eyes. It’s just wow. If you haven’t seen it, you don’t know what you’re missing. I was looking at it for a long, long time and waiting for it to get close enough for me to come and see it. I haven’t regretted one second. It’s totally beautiful, and that’s all you can really describe it as,” said Steven Gurney, a business owner.
Retired business owner Robert Moir said, “I think they certainly got 5,000 years packed into two hours. It was really good. They covered all sorts of things, things that I never even knew, and it was really interesting.”
“To see this and enlighten on what Chinese culture and what it was before communism was quite an eye opener,” said Raj Ahluwalia, a product manager.
“I know China now. I obviously didn’t know [China] 5,000 years ago, how it was. It’s very nice, very spiritual. It’s very touching. The last song, the opera, was very touching. It’s spiritual. I’m Christian, but I connect with it,” said Livia Parker, a director. “It was emotional. It touched me in my heart.”
“The practice in the faith and how there’s persecution around the faith. I could really feel inside; it was making me feel something inside as well. And it’s quite nice that it had a happy ending,” said Nina Dawson, a project manager.
“So for me, it was really lovely to see that spiritual element incorporated. ... Not a lot of shows do create that spiritual and religious element. So it was definitely enlightening to see amidst the beautiful performances,” added Niralini Thayaparan, a doctor.
“To be honest, they were all top class,” Mr. Moir said. “Every one of the scenes thoroughly enjoyed it. The interaction with the backdrop, the way the dancers sort of disappeared into the backdrop and then came back again. It was very clever and very well done.”
