Politician Amazed at the ‘Rich’ and ‘Ancient’ Tradition in Shen Yun | #NTD Shen Yun Report 2024

On the evening of March 13th, Xinying Performing Arts appeared on stage for its first performance in Lagraño, Spain. The venue was fully booked, and among the audience members were politicians from Spain's La Rioja region. They described Xinying as an audiovisual feast that promotes traditional Chinese culture. Well, the show is amazing. The quality of the dancers, of the music, the truth is that it surprises. Even all the audiovisual and visual media that are in the back seems like magic. The truth is that you get into the role, you get into that dance, and above all, what a way to promote Chinese culture, all that rich and ancient tradition. I liked it a lot. It has a lot of rhythm, a lot of color, and well, it shows, I think it shows well part of the unknown Chinese culture. The show is a moment of magic. I mean, it transports you. It gives you the feeling that you are in another place, you are not here, you are not in Logroño, you have gone to China. Through classical Chinese dance, Xinying artists portray legends and historical events from 5,000 years of Chinese history. The program features a live orchestra that combines both Eastern and Western instruments, as well as vocal performances. The truth is that having come with this idea of seeing classical Chinese dance, at no time did we expect a tenor and a pianist of this caliber, of this quality, and we were very pleasantly surprised. In addition, we are lucky to be quite close to the orchestra and the stage, and what we liked is that they vibrate and their heart, the feeling is that everyone moves at the same time. And it is at this time that both the dancers and the musicians go all together. This is, I think, the most beautiful thing that we can experience so close to the stage. I highly value the staging, live music, that combination, in addition to the Chinese instrument with the traditional instrument that we are more used to seeing, and then, of course, synchronization, color, movement, agility, perfection in the movements. So, the truth is that I am delighted to enjoy them. There are stories in which they talk about kindness, there are stories in which they teach you generosity. So, in each piece, the truth is that it makes you feel, and even the music itself makes you feel everything it wants to convey, all that beauty. And that's what lasts, right? Despite the fact that there is a dictatorship and despite everything, well, I think those values ​​are the ones that have to prevail, which is how society advances. And then the show is that being able to know another culture is so enriching, it opens your mind so much, it makes us relate to the little things in life so much that I believe that today is a basic food, as much as eating or breathing. Wonderful because it has been a whole set of emotions, I would say, sensorial, a pleasure for the eyes, a pleasure for the ears, a beauty, a poetry, an absolutely wonderful harmony.