[The Epoch Times, February 6, 2022](Reported by Epoch Times reporters Lin Nanyu and Wu Xianglian in El Paso, USA) At the beginning of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar,Shen YunAfter two successful performances in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the North American Art Troupe came to El Paso, a border city in southwest Texas, on February 5th. Box office success.
El Paso is located in western Texas, very close to New Mexico, and across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Some spectators drove from New Mexico to watch that day.Shen Yun。
Audiences, whether from the corporate world or the art world, appreciate Shen Yun’s “showing the Chinese culture before communism” and feel the charm of Shen Yun.Healing power。
Entrepreneur: Shen Yun Shows Chinese Culture Before Communism
Entrepreneur Brett Preston applauds Shen Yun artist revivalTraditional Culture, showing the audience “Chinese culture before communism”, he said, “The culture and art presented by Shen Yun are very enjoyable.”
On the evening of February 5, Preston and his wife Tatiana watched the Shen Yun performance together. They admired the reappearance of China’s 5,000-year-old divine culture on the stage, which has lasted for a long time.
“I think it’s important to preserve traditions and values,” Preston said. “You have to keep that alive, you can’t suppress it.”
He talked about why he loves Shen Yun so much, “The performance shows a Chinese (traditional) culture that most people don’t know about.” He believes that what most people see now is “just the communist structure.”
Preston believes that what Shen Yun brings to the audience is “a different dance culture, a different art form”, and that the communist regime (the CCP) “is destroying culture, it destroys the uniqueness of different regions and everything, it tries to provide an absolute information.”
Preston deeply admires the artistry of Shen Yun artists, “They are extremely skilled and very performative.” He said, “Shen Yun music is delightful! It’s like an oboe in an orchestral instrument, it’s like a flute. But that kind of music It’s like there’s a very unique sense of fluidity.”
In the end, Preston said that Shen Yun performances had the effect of “reinvigorating people’s spirits” during the epidemic.
Preston is currently the Managing Partner of Cushman & Wakefield PIRES International. He became an industrial specialist with CB Richard Ellis and was once named one of Albuquerque’s top industrial specialists. He is also a member of the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), serving on the CCIM Board of Directors for ten years and serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors for two years.
General Manager: I like the truth displayed on the Shen Yun stage
“This show is so wonderful, so spectacular! It’s unparalleled beauty!” Chris Drennan, general manager of the company, watched the Shen Yun performance on the evening of the 5th.
Chris Drennan is a general manager at Omni Financial and Military Lending. The company is one of the leaders in the U.S. military loan market.
Drennan loves everything Shen Yun shows. Drennan believes: “This performance is very meaningful and has deep connotations. It is not just a song and dance performance, but it is telling people the truth and letting people know about China through different aspects such as culture and art.Traditional Culturethe root of . I love the truth on Shen Yun’s stage, it’s very inspiring. This is what Shen Yun is trying to tell. “
Mrs. Drennan Veronica Drennan is a manager at the University of Texas El Paso Medical Center (UMC). She was deeply moved by the beautiful pictures of radiance on the stage. “Every scene was so beautiful, I couldn’t take my eyes off the stage,” she said.
Veronica also said: “The performance has a very deep meaning and brings a real traditional Chinese culture. Through dance, the artist presents historical stories on the stage from the very beginning of the heavenly scene and the prosperous era of Kaiyuan. It tells the story from ancient times to the present. The story is a beautiful historical picture.”
Drennan said: “From the beginning of the show, there is a very rich divinity, like people are from heaven. That’s what I saw, and the message I got from it.”
Both of them are very fond of Shen Yun’s live music. “I love the music, really,” Drennan said. “It’s calming, it’s immersive. It works with the dance, and it works precisely with what each character is trying to convey,” Drennan said. I like that.”
The museum director and his wife feel the healing power of Shen Yun
On the evening of the 5th, at the recommendation of Hannah Davis, a geoscientist friend, Claudia Powell and Mr. Dave Dooling, director of education at the New Mexico Space History Museum, watched the Shen Yun performance together.
“She (Davis) said we had to come and I’m so glad she insisted we come to the show, I had such a great time,” Powell said.
Powell, who opened a dance studio, said: “It’s amazing to see such (dance) moves on stage! I never knew there was a classical Chinese dance before, with so much physical skill and so graceful.”
However, it was the erhu solo that touched her heart deeply. “Erhu made me cry. The spirit of that piece is very exquisite and profound. I repeat this word because it is the most appropriate way to describe it.”
Powell’s husband, Dooling, was an education officer at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) and a science writer for 25 years before working for the New Mexico Space Museum.
The old couple is not worried about going out to watch the show during the epidemic. “Sometimes I feel that so many people together are more than not togetherHealing power. After watching the show, Powell said, “I felt so energized, very comfortable, and healed in some ways.”
Dooling agrees: “Good artistic expression, thoughtful, heartfelt artistic expression has healing powers.”
Davis added: “Music and dance bring people together and it doesn’t matter what’s going on in the world. It’s such an amazing beauty that people can’t help but come together and experience it together like a huge family.”
At the level of spiritual connotation, the Dooling couple and their friends sincerely admire Shen Yun and are committed to promoting the orthodox culture of the gods.
“So many cultures have been lost almost completely, and they’re doing a great job of reviving traditional cultures,” Dooling said.
“[Traditional culture]is very interesting and beautiful,” adds Powell. “Especially today, you feel a need for her. It’s critical to preserve the tradition before it disappears completely.”
Hannah Davis, who works in a large engineering consulting company, introduced that after watching Shen Yun in 2019, she strongly recommended to the Dooling couple, “I must let them come, and I have been ‘chasing’ them together.” She said with a smile, “I hope I can come to the show every year and bring them together.”
Responsible editor: Xia Jing