[The Epoch Times, April 27, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Lin Nanyu, American University City reported) “This show shows the Chinese people, Chinese beliefs and Chinese culture before the CCP came to power.” IT expert Richard Payton watched it Shen Yun said after the performance.
On the evening of April 26, the Shen Yun New Era Art Troupe held a performance at the Rudder Auditorium in the University City of Texas. Richard Payton and his wife and dancer Margo Payton attended the show. They praised that Shen Yun artists are as faithful to their beliefs as saints; Zhengxin has narrowed the distance between Americans and Chinese people with faith.
Payton said that for the past five years, they lived in the Washington area. He often heard about Shen Yun’s performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and had been looking forward to the opportunity to watch it. . He was very happy to be able to see the show tonight in Texas.
“Time flies so fast, it’s unbelievable, two and a half hours have passed. This show, I want to watch another two hours.” He said still.
Shen Yun’s performance showcases the essence of traditional Chinese culture with Chinese classical dance. Payton said that he loves Chinese classical dance very much. “This kind of dance combines difficult movements, which is really beautiful.”
Payton, who has studied Chinese for more than two years, said that Chinese classical dance is very expressive. When the dancers on the stage held up the banners with the words “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance”, he could immediately understand the connotations of these three words. And if he were to read only these three words, he might not be able to guess the meaning.
Payton admires the way in which the dancers on the Shen Yun stage interact with the dynamic canopy, which he thinks is “creative”.
He said, for example, in the “Three Hundred Years in One Day” program, “When the actor on the stage jumped into the sky, then fell into the canyon, and then the actor appeared on the stage again, I really couldn’t tell which was real and what was fake. .”
In particular, the story of the military doctor touched Payton the most, he said: “The show portrayed the mood of the military doctor after he accidentally killed his daughter. The show could have ended there, in a very dark way, because the story itself That’s the plot of the show, but that show at the end (in the way that the daughter was resurrected with God’s help) brought hope and joy to the audience.”
He said that the show made him realize, “Although some terrible things may happen in this life, in the next life, everything will be corrected, there is peace, joy and happiness.”
Wife Margo said that her favorite show is “Zhaojun Out of the Border”, “I am a dancer, and I like the story of the young woman who refused to pay a bribe and finally married a northern tribe, because she was honest with herself. people.”
As a dancer, Margo admires the skills of Shen Yun dancers. Taking flexibility as an example, she said, “You can only have this flexibility if you learn to cheat at a young age, but you can’t do it when you get older.”
Payton also admires the dedication of the Shen Yun dancers, he said: “This kind of dance requires a lot of physical strength and physical fitness of the dancers, and during their performance, I did not see them panting at all. It’s amazing.”
“They’re like saints, true to their faith, and you can see that in the joy of their participation in the show,” Margo went on to admire.
Payton said, “The United States is a predominantly Christian country, and most Americans have faith and are devoutly loyal to their faith, and they think those who do not have faith (do not believe in God) are aliens; and this show shows the truth. It also shows that some Chinese people believe in God, which is what brings us together the most.”
Responsible editor: Ma Yinghui