(Clearwisdom.net) OTTAWA--A capacity crowd at the final Shen Yun show in Canada's capital city on Monday evening rose from their seats and applauded in appreciation before the notes of the last performance had ended.

Professor Jackson, a senior administrator at a local university, described the performers as "tremendously talented people."

"It was very exciting, very stimulating, very educational," he said. "You know you get a sense of the deep commitment of the players, the very talented artists who are there. So I feel very grateful to have come. I appreciate it very much."

Professor Jackson, a senior administrator at a local university

With a mission of reclaiming and renewing China's divinely-inspired cultural heritage, the group uses the universally understood medium of dance to tell a story, explain a legend, or to show the diverse ethnicity of China.

Mr. Jackson said it was important that the dancers and singers knew their history and their culture.

He further explained that he has travelled to China. "It's a very impressive place but there needs to be freedom of religion," he said, adding that the scenes in the show of contemporary China depicting the persecution of Falun Dafa are "a very important thing."

The Chinese regime outlawed Falun Dafa, a spiritual discipline rooted in ancient Chinese culture, in 1999 and has been carrying out a campaign of persecution against its adherents ever since.

Mr. Jackson was especially moved by the dance in which "the protester was born again, he was in touch with his beliefs and his spirituality and he drew on that to continue."

Overall, he described the show as, "Fabulous, fabulous, the orchestra was wonderful and the dancers were superb. They were disciplined; they were incredibly creative and talented. I loved the women with the ribbons and scarves. There are many, many things."

He said he and his wife would be back next year.

Source: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/27867/