Consultant Pedro Johns said the performance was fantastic.
“I’m not a dancer but … I can definitely appreciate that. It must be very difficult to train in classical Chinese dancing. To be honest with you, I didn’t even realise there was such a thing. But I can definitely see that there’s a difference in how they’re dancing here to anything that I’ve seen before,” he said.
Former consultant Keith Johnson said: “The coordination with all the dancers there was spot on. Their arm movements [were] all in time with one another. They were so well trained.”
Based in New York, Shen Yun’s mission is to revive China’s genuine traditional culture from "China before communism." One of the central themes in the program is the connection mankind has, through divinely-gifted culture, with the Creator in the heavens above.
Mr. Johns said, “The fact that it’s got some messages around faith and religion kind of inbuilt, and the fact that there’s something stemming from that at the beginning … it’s of interest to someone who’s got some faith, right? Whatever faith you’ve got, whether it’s lapsed or whether it’s very strong, that’s a worthwhile message.”
Former director Graham Hitchins said he was “so impressed at how much effort they put in to get themselves to this level.”
"It must have taken years and years of dedicated work, and they just seem so enthused by what they’re doing, and that comes across in the performance. Yes, love it.”
“I think the show is really good, very powerful. I think it’s a show that could appeal to most audiences, most ages. If I look around where we are, I can see people, old to young,” Mr. Johns said.
Shen Yun will continue its UK tour in Northampton on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, with two more cities to follow later this month.
