(Clearwisdom.net) A highly appreciative audience welcomed the return of New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts to Indianapolis at the Murat Theatre on March 9.
Ron Deer, president of the Greenwood City Council, a city about 12 miles south of Indianapolis, attended the Shen Yun performance.
He described the show as "very colorful, very bright and very well coordinated. This is obviously something different that I don't see every day in my entertainment view, and I am enjoying it."
Ron Deer, president of the Greenwood City Council.
Mr. Deer said he appreciated the message of freedom he saw in the show and at the same time he enjoyed the artistry of the performance.
Mr. Deer was touched by the performances and noted the messages in the songs.
He said: "I find that those songs have a fairly significant message to them ... more so than when I am watching the dance. I am watching the dance closely, but when they sing I hear a message in the song. I don't think there is always a message in our Western songs."
"I think the show is very upbeat and very positive."
'A presence of the divine throughout'
Lloyd Wright, the president of WFYI, attended the performance with acquaintance Maureen McCrae.
Among the warmly responsive audience was Lloyd Wright, the CEO and president of WFYI, a public television and radio station, who attended the performance with acquaintance Maureen McCrae.
"The ancient Chinese believed that true art springs from inner beauty, and Shen Yun seems to embody that belief as the performers bring an unusual depth to their work." Mr. Wright appreciated how this quality came through the performances.
"It strikes me as being quite peaceful and very colorful," he said.
Ms. McCrae echoed Mr. Wright's statements about experiencing a feeling of peace while watching the performance.
"I felt there was a real peaceful atmosphere ... a contrast between the persecution and the divine and the spiritual nature coming out in the peaceful movement," she said, referring to the dance piece Nothing Can Block the Divine Path. The piece tells the story of a mother and daughter who practice Falun Gong, a form of meditation currently being persecuted in China.
"And the backdrop I thought enhanced that as well," she added. "I came away with a very calming feeling from the show."
Ms. McCrae said she could relate her work as a therapist to themes in the performance.
"I think of myself and my own work as a therapist and being a calming presence for people and I felt that spiritual feeling throughout the show," she said. "It gave me a calm feeling and a presence of the divine throughout."
Category: Shen Yun Performing Arts
