Shen Yun Allows Us to ‘Rediscover the Human Values’ We Had, Says Coach

PARIS, France—Valerie Baumann, a real estate investor, attended Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Palais des Congrès on April 27, accompanied by her uncle, Patrick Hays, a former military officer.

“I loved the show because it’s a traditional show,” she said. “I’m very attached to tradition because the show is classical, with good values on the divine, hard work, patience and tradition.”

“It’s an honest and profound show,” she added.

New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company, with a mission to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.

Both uncle and niece were impressed with the artistic level of the show.

“The level of artistry, it’s very polished, very high and specific!” said Mr. Hays enthusiastically, echoed by his niece. “It’s amazing because there’s dancing, but there’s also gymnastics with backward jumps, somersaults, big splits! I don’t think you can top that on an artistic level!”

“We felt the connection with the divine, in the scenes where there is a lot of golden light and in particular, at the end, when the water comes, the tsunami comes and there is the divine, the consciousness of the divine that prevents the natural disaster from happening. Who will win against the evil? It is good and evil, yin and yang. Everything the Chinese taught us: always respect the balance of things.”

Mr. Hays felt “very happy, very good and very happy! And as my niece says, there is this spiritual dimension which is almost religious, which is encouraging.”

For Ms. Baumann, “it’s all about compassion, kindness, forgiveness, love … respect for nature, respect for what God has given us, and safeguarding the natural elements that God has given us.”

Bringing Balance

Serge Razza is a communication coach. “It’s a show that I really like because you get to know traditional China. The scenes are short enough that the rhythm is very pleasant. You go from one scene to another, from one dynasty to another, it’s very interesting.”

Mr. Razza admired the artists’ technique, and what it was used to convey.

“We are in communion with the dancers. Then there is this benevolence which transpires effectively… and one feels very at ease, one is appeased.”

“One is serene in watching the show!”

“What can it bring? It is this balance between today’s hectic life where our attention is taken by many things, where we often forget the essential which is precisely the serenity, the contemplation, the communion with the people, and where we find ourselves in front of a rather exacerbated individualism. As a result, thanks to this show, this individualism is put on hold.”

“It allows us to rediscover the human values that we might have had at a certain time when we were younger or a few years ago when there was more communion between people. So it’s very interesting to regain this balance between the two,” he said.

Reporting by NTD and Sarita Modmesaïb.

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