Stoke-on-Trent Lord Mayor: Shen Yun Is ‘Like a Little Bit of Heaven on Earth’

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Among the audience watching Shen Yun at Stoke-on-Trent’s Regent Theatre on Jan. 28, was the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent Lyn Sharpe.

“The overall feeling is disbelief because it’s so beautiful. It’s like a little bit of heaven on earth. That’s how I can describe it,” she said.

Sharpe, who is a local councillor for Fenton West and Mount Pleasant, said the performance brought her to tears.

“I’ve had a little tear in my eye because it was so beautiful,” she said.

Shen Yun is reviving authentic Chinese culture through the art form of classical Chinese dance. The artists interact with a digital backdrop, transporting the audience into different scenes and heavenly realms.

“I love when they jump down at the back and then suddenly they’re up on the screen. That is so, so clever and I don’t know how they do it. And I don’t need to know how they do it, because to me that’s magic and I want it to be magic and leave it at that in my mind,” said Sharpe.

She said she thinks everyone should know their history, their culture, and background.

“It roots you. It puts you in your, in your place, in with your ancestry, in with your descendants.”

NTD News, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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