CBS Storybreak YehShen A Cinderella Story from China pt 1

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http://www.ntd.tv/2018/03/12/shen-yun... • Shen Yun Performing Arts packed the house at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia during its 12-day run that ended March. 11. • After seeing Shen Yun, audience members lauded the performance for its beauty, technical skill, and its spiritual depth. • “Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I marvel at how well you do these things, everything was perfect,” said television and stage actor Harry Bergman. “The technical work, I never saw a background do that kind of thing before in my entire life.” • “Wonderful dancers, beautiful colors, scenes—great,” said Fabio Rizzi, senior vice president of operations at Buzzi Unicem USA. “The singers: the soprano and the baritone—top.” • A snowstorm that hit the Philadelphia area on March 7 kept some audience members away. But Shen Yun enjoyed full theaters for its other 19 performances. • According to Shen Yun's program book, the dances tell legendary stories with the aid of an animated backdrop, a live orchestra, and handmade costumes. • The performance this year includes part of the classic novel Journey to the West, in which the monk leads a group seeking to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from India. • “You can tell how old they are and how these parables are still sort of relevant today and still trying to teach a very nice wholesome lesson. So it's really quite fun,” said Matthew Wolf, executive director at Kings Theatre Brooklyn. • “They're very mythological in very different ways. I mean, I think you know when you take the story of the monkey and the warlock in particular, it's just a really fun story but it's a story about you know sort of good against evil and you know working together to triumph over evil and things like that.” • The stories reach up to the present day, opening a window into what has become of China under communism. • Corine Brown, an assistant professor at Rowan University, was surprised to learn that the Communist Party has been persecuting practitioners of Falun Gong, a meditation discipline rooted in ancient Chinese spiritual beliefs with teachings of truth, compassion, and tolerance. • “I was most affected by the ‘Unprecedented Crime’ performance because I feel so strongly that spirituality and faith is an important part of your life. I love the idea that people would be so committed to what they hold inside to be true. And that there would be a way that we could reunite those aspects of our lives.” • “I love it very much. And pieces I like about it are that there, it shows the common emotions, the common dreams and aspirations that bring everybody together,” said Richard Pestell, a physician-scientist. “Everybody appreciates this because it’s a common emotion and common challenges that all cultures face, expressed in the art form.” • NTD News, Philadelphia

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