Shen Yun took to the stage in Torino, Italy, bringing audiences a display of China’s 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture in the Teatro Regio Torino from Jan. 10 to 12.
“The show was beautiful, it was special. It's the first time I've seen a show of this kind and it gave me a good feeling. A lot of lightness, a sense of peace,” said Valentina Ruscica, chief attorney agent at Reale Mutua Assicurazioni.
“I felt like I was stepping into a timeless painting, and for me being a lover of Chinese culture, it was really like stepping into one of my favorite novels, not only reading it, but living it,” said Annalisa Brescia, a consulting analyst.
Maria Requena, who is a member of the committee of Regional Human Rights, enjoyed the live orchestra of Shen Yun.
“The music, at times I could hardly believe it was actually live, because it was so synchronized with everything, that it was spectacular.”
The name Shen Yun means the beauty of divine beings dancing. Simona Cerrino, a logistics manager, said Shen Yun lives up to that name.
“The show was fantastic, really exciting. The artists have such a skill level ... It’s really aptly named. These divine dancers ... I found it absolutely consistent with the show I saw, it was a thrill from beginning to end. And I didn't expect that there were also musical passages, so the tenor and soprano were wonderful. From beginning to end, I’d see it again 100 times.”
“It is good to see art engaged in something higher, rather than just an aesthetic taste of seeing a show and spending an hour,” said Irene Ferroni, a doctor.
Through dance and music, Shen Yun presents traditional values through stories all the way from ancient legends to those set in modern-day China.
“My warmest compliments to each one of them. Just given the commitment, the passion and all the values that they wanted to convey came from the first dancers, but every member of the team really performed at their best,” said Cerrino.
“An explosion of color, of movement, of feeling. I also appreciated so much the idea of telling a little bit of what is the tradition of China. To see dances, to see them together even so, to hear singing, to hear them using these very special instruments. Beautiful, absolutely,” said Maria Pia Cavatorta, a professor at Torino Polytechnic University.
Patrizia Savant, a doctor, got positive feelings from Shen Yun’s performance.
“It also unites us a little bit in the spiritual dimension of life, of existence. So this is definitely positive.”
“It was very nice and it took me to a world that I like very much, and I definitely would like to discover more,” said Rossella Calabrò, a designer.
“I have waited a year to see this performance and I think it was worth it. I feel carried toward that emotion there, the emotion left by devotion,” said Brescia.
Shen Yun will perform in Italy through January, making stops in Milan, Parma, and Udine.
