AUSTIN, Texas—The Long Center for the Performing Arts saw the only two performance of the Shen Yun Performing Arts for the 2010 tour on Saturday, August 7.

Jo Anne Christian, a retired attorney and chairman of Austin Lyric Opera was amongst the appreciative audience. Ms. Christian was recently inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. According to Kevin Patterson, general director of Austin Lyric Opera, her contributions to the Austin arts scene have been visionary, her leadership superb.

According to Ms. Christian she was trained in all the performing arts. She said, “I've always followed them and stayed with them very closely. I love the visual arts, also, I love all the art forms. I danced, I sang, played piano for a while, did some theater as well.”

She felt Shen Yun “was a beautiful show.” She said, “I think everything I've seen is spectacular.”

Shen Yun brings China’s thousands of years of traditional Chinese culture to the stage through ancient legends, modern stories and folkloric dances. Chinese classical dance is a unique dance form handed down through generations with precise training in bearing and form.

Ms. Christian said the dancers were “all amazing.” She continued, “I love them. And it's the best kind of dance when you have the story unfolding in that. It's just a fabulous show and it's very, very well put together. Very, very balanced. They put together a full flavor of all the different kinds of performance.”

Shen Yun tours with a live orchestra of both traditional Chinese and Western instruments all original scores.

Ms. Christian said, “I liked it a lot. It's perfect. It's how it's supposed to be”

Solo singing performances are also part of the show, Ms. Christian said the vocals were “fabulous!”

The digital backdrop bringing breathtaking landscapes and heavenly realms to the stage enchanted many of the audience. Ms. Christian was very “impressed." She said, “I like color. That's perfect. It really sets a good theme without having to move a lot of things around the stage, which you don't want to have because it might get in the dancers way.”

She was “delighted” that she had come to see Shen Yun. She said, “I'd come again. If they come through here, I will definitely come see them again.”

With reporting by Catherine Yang.

Shen Yun Performing Arts will next appear at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta for two shows on Aug. 21. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org

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