[Epoch Times, May 09, 2022](The Epoch Times, France, Paris Reporter Station) On the stage, the female Shen Yun dancers walked with light dance steps and swayed their colorful skirts. Congrès de Paris), the last row of the hall with a capacity of 3,700 people, can hear the sound of skirts fluttering to the rhythm of the music on the stage.
On the afternoon of May 8, the Shen Yun New York Art Troupe continued its fifth performance at the Paris International Convention Center.
Entrepreneurs in Paris have feelings for Shen Yun: It will be better for human beings to return to tradition
After watching the Shen Yun performance, Parisian entrepreneur Frank Millot said that human beings should return to traditional culture. “If we return to all this, it may be very good.”
Millot is a financial person who has served as CEO of two financial companies for more than ten years and is now the owner of a cooperative company specializing in risk management and prevention. On the afternoon of May 8, he and his wife, painter Nathalie Millot and their 12-year-old son watched the performance. They admired the pure beauty of traditional Chinese values displayed by Shen Yun.
“These are the values that should be promoted in today’s world,” Millot said.
“This performance is splendid, colorful, and full of joy!” Millot observed that the dancers of Shen Yun were very imposing, but they cooperated very well with each other.
Shen Yun shows the essence of traditional Chinese culture. Millot said: “This is a long and distant civilization that has made great contributions to human beings in many ways! I think that China, which has a history of thousands of years, has a lot of things that our society can learn from today, there is no doubt about it. of.”
Millot learned the values of kindness and benevolence from the performance. “I think the values of kindness are being forgotten. I think these are the values that should be implemented internationally.” He believes that these values ”absolutely” can benefit the world.
Nathalie said that as a painter, she is determined to leave art and culture to children, so she did some research on ancient China and became fascinated by traditional Chinese culture. “I love everything about Gu Huaxia in the show,” she said.
Nathalie praised the live ensemble as “a fusion of Western and traditional Chinese musical instruments, which is melodious and charming”.
Erhu solo made her favorite: “That kind of music is refreshing and very beautiful.”
Millot finally thanked the Shen Yun Performing Arts Troupe for bringing them such a wonderful performance. He said, “We had a wonderful time here, and we will definitely come to watch the performance again next year.”
Regional Head of the French Mass Retailer Group: Admiring Shen Yun’s Professionalism
Olivier Hatron, head of the Auchan business center, a French retailer group company, said: “The performance is magnificent and unexpected, and it is very rare to have an orchestra at the scene, and the music is beautiful.”
Founded in 1961, Auchan Group is the fourth largest retailer in the world and the second largest in France in 2019, with hypermarkets and supermarkets in 15 countries and regions. Hatron manages Auchan’s teams in Paris and Lille.
Hatron said that due to the impact of the epidemic, they have been waiting for Shen Yun for two years. “This is a gift I gave to my wife (fiancee),” he said.
On the afternoon of May 8, Hatron and his fiancee Alice Forteville finally got their wish to watch the Shen Yun performance at the Paris International Convention Center.
For Hatron, “to see the performance, we must create the best conditions for enjoyment.” When buying Shen Yun tickets, “I bought the best seat, and being able to observe the orchestra in the front row is the criterion for my selection.”
Sitting in front of the orchestra pit, Hatron said he specifically observed Shen Yun musicians playing “two or three times I focused on the musicians”.
Hatron also watched the performance of the Shen Yun dancers up close. “They smiled at us from beginning to end, which made people feel very comfortable. They were very professional and admirable.”
Hatron said that from the dancers, “I can feel that they exude a sense of peace and tranquility. Although there will be some shows that show stories that are not very joyful, they always convey warmth at the same time. Even if the stories are tragic, there is always hope.” .
Hatron praised: “It’s an excellent performance. The colors, themes, the music, everything is beautiful.” He praised Shen Yun’s restoration of traditional Chinese culture, “We can’t forget history, today and the future are built on history. .”
Fiancée Forteville, a marketing manager for an energy company, said: “It was a surprise for me, I didn’t even know we were here to see the show, I’ve heard about (Shen Yun), it’s really beautiful, it’s more beautiful than me Even better than imagined.”
“I think being in the front row is the best seat, we see the musicians very clearly, it’s really the icing on the cake.”
Forteville praised: “The performance is very elegant and otherworldly.” She particularly likes the story of the show. Although there is no language, it is “understandable, very easy to understand”.
A group of more than 50 people watched the chairman of the Shen Yun Association: I wish Shen Yun will be staged in China
Michel Ries is the chairman of the Amical des écoles publiques de Verdun (Amical des écoles publiques de Verdun) in Verdun (about 300 kilometers from Paris) in northeastern France. On the afternoon of May 8, he led a delegation of more than 50 people to watch at the Paris International Convention Center the show.
Ries said that this is their first time watching Shen Yun, “It’s absolutely unprecedented performance, I think every member who came to watch is very satisfied.”
Ries praised the show as being “very good” in every way, “with a lot of dance moves, so many colors, and we realized that behind it, there’s a whole history, a whole civilization that’s been around for thousands of years, and it’s pretty spectacular. “
He believes that the performance “shows the real China, we learned Chinese (traditional) culture, which we like”.
Regarding the spiritual connotation and traditional values conveyed by the performance, he said, “It definitely resonates”, “When we heard that this performance could not be staged in China, it surprised us and made us question marks. I think Chinese people can’t get in touch with themselves today. history and culture, that’s a pity.”
Regarding Shen Yun’s mission, Ries said: “Not only people all over the world should be able to see this show, but also in China, where we wish (Shen Yun) will be able to tour.”
The association led a delegation of 50 people to watch the performance: everyone returned with satisfaction
Annie Mars, head of the Tout Loisir Association in Paris, led 50 members of the association to watch the performance. She said that she believed that every member of the association returned with satisfaction.
“The show is magnificent and magnificent!” she exclaimed. “Everything is exquisite.”
Mars introduced that the association had watched Shen Yun performances as early as 2008 or 2010, and the plan to watch the performance was made in 2020, but it was delayed by the epidemic for two years, she said: “We have this year. It was also half a year ago that the plan to watch the show was decided, and I believe that all of us were satisfied with what we saw in the show.”
Other members praised and said, “All the pictures (on the sky) are lifelike, it’s so beautiful!” “The women’s classical dance is elegant and beautiful, it’s really beautiful.” Others said that the plum blossom dance is amazing, “the plum blossoms are so gorgeous”, There is also “Sapphire Blue Fairy”, “The blue sky is so wonderful.”
Responsible editor: Xia Jing#