Exhibitions and Cultural Events

Switzerland: Patron Drawn to Shen Yun Like a Magnet

2010-05-25

Florence Clavier is a stopover director for an airline company at the Geneva airport. She travelled over an hour from Geneva to see the Shen Yun Performing Arts show on May 15. This was her third time seeing Shen Yun. "The first time was magic, the second was also magic, and the third was even more magic!" After the show, she said, "I leave from there rejuvenated, rested."

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Belgian Dancer and Singer Rave about Shen Yun

2010-05-24

Former ballerina Monique Deval was moved to tears after watching the Shen Yun Performing Arts show at the Aula Magna on Saturday May 8, 2010. "It is absolutely fabulous! Fabulous! Moving! It is extraordinary, they are all so full of beauty and lightness--I had tears in my eyes," she said. "It was all so extraordinary, this show."

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Shen Yun in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium: A Precious Gift for Mom

2010-05-23

Ms. Kristina László wanted to see Shen Yun after attending a reception in Parliament promoting the show. She and her mum, Ilona, attended in honour of her mother's 60th birthday. The ladies loved the show and thought Shen Yun was a great way to mark the occasion. Ms. László said joyfully, "We celebrated like this."

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Belgium: "The Show Is an Explosion of Energy"

2010-05-22

From April 30 to May 9, 2010, Shen Yun Performing Arts has been bringing the beauty and pageantry of ancient Chinese culture to the stage of the Aula Magna Theatre in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, near the EU capital of Brussels. Mr. Alvaro Guillen Lazo, who helps support the EU Parliament, came to the show with his wife and two children.

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Shen Yun in Belgium: Moved by the Beauty and Given New Hope

2010-05-21

"This show has opened my mind to Chinese culture, the richness of this country, the diversity of everything that can be seen as cultural richness, the dances, the colours, mostly the differences between regions, because, depending on the scenes, some things would come from North, or Mongolia, or South, or the lakes area."

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Shen Yun in Switzerland: 'I Discovered a China Much More Joyous and a Culture Much More Profound'

2010-05-20

Patrice Neuenschwander, cultural delegate of the city of Neuchatel, joined the enthusiastic audience and expressed his delight in the show. "This is a truly magical show, the colours are really extraordinary, the costumers are fantastic, the technique of both the male and female dancers are also quite remarkable. It's really a beautiful spectacular."

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Member of European Parliament Impressed by Shen Yun: "I Just Don't Know How They Manage To Do It."

2010-05-19

Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company concluded a spectacular, ten-show run, at the Aula Magna in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium on May 11, 2010. Among the many distinguished guests at the show was European Parliament member, Roger Helmer, who represents East Midlands, UK. Mr. Helmer said he would definitely recommend the show to his friends.

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Belgium: Shen Yun "Very profound" Says Former Director General of EU Commission

2010-05-11

Among the audience was theologian Greet Heslinga. She talked about the perfection of the show. "It's incredible. It's truly magnificent. The costumes, the colours, the dance. For me, this was my first exposure to Chinese dance. And it was truly perfect, no flaws."

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Journalist: "Wonderful, perfect, very exotic"

2010-05-10

Sébastien Morgan, a journalist for Wolvendael Magazine, a south-Brussels newspaper, wants everyone to see the Shen Yun Performing Arts show wherever in the world they might be. "I think there is an important message to convey. This show is one of the channels able to convey this message of spirituality, peace, tolerance, which are missing today," he said.

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Romania: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibit Is a Great Success in Local Shopping Centres

2010-05-08

A shopping centre may not be a usual location for an art exhibition. However, Iulius Shopping Centre in the city of Suceava, Romania, was most pleased to host the Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition. Initially scheduled for 2 weeks, the exhibition was such a great success that it was extended for one week more.

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Belgian Audience Members Profoundly Moved by Shen Yun: 'Beautiful and Emotional, It's a Celestial Show!'

2010-05-04

"I think it's a celestial show!" exclaimed Belgian judge Christian Kubbens after watching Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company's opening show at the Aula Magna in Louvin-la-Neuve on Friday, April 30. He went to see the show with his wife, Cécile, also a judge, and their daughter who is of Chinese ethnicity.

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Arts Community Touched as Shen Yun Premieres to Louvin-la-Neuve Belgium: 'Very Profound! This is Another Level'

2010-05-03

Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company premiered at Aula Magna in Louvin-la-Neuve on Friday, April 30. Françoise Van Caillie, a dance and movement professor from the Brussels-based Institut de Rythmique Jacques-Dalcroze de Belgique was in attendance, and was deeply moved by the performances.

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Cardiff Audiences Highly Impressed by Shen Yun: 'It's a Wonderful, Wonderful Show!'

2010-05-02

The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, UK, Councillor Brian Griffiths, called Shen Yun Performing Arts "out of this world!" After watching the New York-based performing arts company's début performance to Wales on April 27, the Mayor was highly impressed: "We thought the show would be good. But it was more than good, it was fantastic."

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Shen Yun Performs Last Paris Show

2010-05-02

The final Paris performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts concluded on April 25, 2010. "The beauty of the dancers was extraordinary," said French Member of European Parliament Jean Paul Gausez. "It is the first time I attended a traditional Chinese dance show, and I have to say this is quite beautiful, very colourful and vivid, with an almost hypnotic rhythm," said Mr. Gausez.  

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President of Amnesty International France: "It was superb!"

2010-05-01

Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company performed two shows in Paris on April 24-25. Genevieve Garrigos, president of Amnesty International France, said that she "...was especially struck by the performance about the persecution of Falun Gong, which was very well done, with great sensitivity and dignity. It was superb!"

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