“Insightful Performance” Shen Yun in Montpellier, France was sold out again | Chinese Culture | Music | Cohui Convention Center in Montpellier, France

On the afternoon of April 25, 2024, Shen Yun New Era Performing Arts performed its fourth performance at the Le Corum Convention Center in Montpellier, France, and the venue was sold out. (Fu Jie/The Epoch Times)

[The Epoch Times, April 26, 2024](Reported by The Epoch Times reporter station in Montpellier, France) On the afternoon of April 25, the Montpellier-Corum Convention Center (Le Corum) in France welcomed the Shen Yun New Era Art Troupe. Another performance, this is the fourth local performance of this art troupe this year, the whole house was full, the audience praised and applauded continuously.

On the afternoon of April 25, 2024, Shen Yun New Era Troupe performed its fourth local performance at Le Corum Convention Center. (Fu Jie/The Epoch Times)

On the afternoon of April 25, 2024, the audience walked out of the theater after watching the Shen Yun performance at the Le Corum Convention Center in Montpellier. (Fu Jie/The Epoch Times)

Writer: Shen Yun artists express a kind of freedom

On the afternoon of April 25, 2024, writer Sabine Ledoux and her husband Jean-Marc Puygerenier watched the fourth performance of Shen Yun New Era Art Troupe at Le Corum Convention Center (Le Corum). (Zhang Ni/The Epoch Times)

Sabine Ledoux is a French writer who has published five novels. On the afternoon of April 25, she and her husband Jean-Marc Puygerenier watched the performance.

“This is really a magnificent and brilliant performance.” Ledoux praised, “The performance shows an insightful view of China, a view that Westerners may not yet understand.”

“The whole show was brilliantly produced, really perfect,” Ledoux continued. “The live music perfectly complemented the visuals (on stage) and fit perfectly with the dance, seamlessly; the choreography and music were in harmony; the timing The precision of the performance is impeccable; it is clear that both the dance artists and the musicians have put in a lot of effort into this performance.”

“Especially the performance of the live orchestra brought a different flavor to the performance, inspiring rich emotions and a strong sense of presence.”

“The costumes in the performance are poetic and shockingly beautiful. The actors and actresses in the performance are all real athletes and top gymnasts; they beautifully showed us the Chinese tradition (culture), which is a kind of our an unfamiliar culture.”

Ledoux also praised the two presenters for their brief introductions between shows, saying: “This is not our culture at all and without them explaining it, we would not understand it at all, so their explanations are very important to our understanding.” The plot was very helpful, really good.”

When talking about the theme of the performance, Ledoux said: “The performance is sharing Chinese culture and sending a message about freedom of speech, freely expressing certain views about their country. This may not be possible in China today. Yes, that’s how I felt about the performance and the introduction we heard.”

“It’s true that it (China) is not a democracy, so since they are in the West, it is really a great advantage for them to be able to have freedom of speech and express their views freely. What is shown in the show is A very insightful insight (about the Chinese Communist Party), and they are sending a message that we as Westerners may not be fully aware of yet.”

Puygerenier added: “The dance on the stage and the clever dynamic cyclorama special effects bring people surprises.”

Finally, they expressed their gratitude to the Shen Yun artists. Puygerenier said, “I’m so glad I came to watch the performance.”

Singer: Shen Yun’s values inspire people and encourage them to be more selfless

On the afternoon of April 25, 2024, French singer Josette Pedrero watched a Shen Yun performance at Le Corum Convention Center in Montpellier. (New Tang Dynasty Television)

Josette Pedrero is a lyric singer who performs operas and operettas in several French entertainment institutions. After watching the performance, she exclaimed: “It’s wonderful. I think the effort behind it is extraordinary, and I can see their efforts, just like many people here can.”

“The performance is so good, so refined, that you almost don’t feel any effort. It’s really professional-level work, very delicate, and very, very, very, very beautiful,” she said.

As a singer, Pedrero said that she had sung bel canto. From a professional perspective, she admired Shen Yun Orchestra’s music: “These are sounds we don’t often hear, and it brings a novelty, some sounds we are not used to. , opened our ears and we’re excited to broaden our horizons.”

Pedrero realized that the performance “contains many values, such as kindness. Almost all emotions are reflected, and there is always a meaning.” She believes that the values conveyed by the performance can “encourage us to interact with others, become more selfless and caring for others Not just yourself, open your mind.”

She talked about her personal feeling of watching the performance and said: “I felt very focused and at the same time very relaxed because they showed flexibility and lightness. They were really like feathers, and we felt as if we were floating in the air, like feathers.” Same.”

“I would recommend everyone to come and watch it quickly, because this kind of performance is very rare, and I think everyone should watch it at least once, because she is so beautiful.” Pedrero finally said.

Editor in charge: Wen Jing

The article is in Chinese

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