With the permission of the Shen Yun office, on the afternoon of January 27, Viet My Traditional Culture JSC held a tea party introducing Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel. As a bridge helping to revive traditional cultural values, the event introduced guests to Shen Yun’s mission of reviving traditional culture, its journey and achievements over 12 years, and the genuine experiences of audiences who have seen Shen Yun.
This is the 12th consecutive year that Shen Yun Performing Arts has returned to tour major theaters in nearly 150 cities across Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. Founded by Chinese artists and based in New York, USA, with the mission of reviving 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through the borderless language of music and dance, Shen Yun Performing Arts has helped millions of people around the world experience and discover ancient Eastern culture, its moral values and the rich uniqueness of one of humanity’s oldest civilizations.
(Photos from the event)
At the Shen Yun introduction event organized by Viet My Traditional Culture JSC, many guests expressed their admiration for Shen Yun’s determination to restore traditional culture, its masterful classical dance technique, its harmonious combination with modern elements such as its unique 3D animated backdrops, and especially its symphony orchestra, which harmoniously blends Eastern and Western instruments on a scale no other orchestra in the world has achieved.
(Photo: Mr. Ha Van Tang, former Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
Mr. Ha Van Tang, former Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said he has always believed that “culture is the spiritual foundation, and art is the foundation of culture”. Through today’s event, Mr. Tang gained a deeper understanding of the depth of art and learned much about traditional Chinese culture that he had never heard of before.
(Photo: Mr. Pham Viet Long, writer, composer and former Chief of Office of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
Mr. Pham Viet Long, writer, composer and former Chief of Office of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said he greatly enjoyed this Shen Yun introduction because, in his view, “only with tradition can there be modernity; if tradition is preserved and promoted, then modernity can be good”. Through the program, Mr. Long saw how Shen Yun preserves traditional values. He also affirmed that Shen Yun is “well worth seeing because of the program’s special values”.
(Mr. Hoang Van Dat – Deputy Director of the Vietnam Cai Luong Theatre)
Another guest, Mr. Hoang Van Dat, a composer, People’s Artist and Deputy Director of the Vietnam Cai Luong Theatre, was greatly impressed by Shen Yun’s dancing, emphasizing: “The dancers leap and tumble so high, yet they land so lightly.” He expressed his admiration for the dancers and hoped to soon have the chance to experience this pinnacle of art with his own eyes.
(Ms. Dang Thu Huong – Director of VTV’s Music Magazine)
Sharing her feelings after just over two short hours at the event, Ms. Dang Thu Huong, Director of the Music Magazine of VTV Vietnam Television, said she was “very curious to see such beautiful costumes, such confident dancers and such a grand orchestra, with highly professional staging and lighting, and really wants to go and see the performance.” She used the words “upright heart” to describe her impression of what she felt, meaning that the artists have devoted all their effort, passion and lives to this show.
(Photo: Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh – United Nations Population Fund)
Speaking about classical music, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh of the United Nations Population Fund in Vietnam said: “Today there are many kinds of music that are not really healthy and can even lead listeners into depression, so traditional music of the highest level that inspires goodness like this will have a great impact on everyone’s spirit and life”. Ms. Quynh also affirmed that Shen Yun is a purely humane program and that seeing Shen Yun would be a very worthwhile opportunity.
(Ca tru singer Pham Thi Hue joining the program)
Besides the introduction of Shen Yun Performing Arts, the event also featured an exchange with the family of ca tru singer Pham Thi Hue. Ms. Hue spoke about ca tru – a traditional art form that has faded over time, which UNESCO has recognized as world heritage and placed on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and expressed her hope to help keep and preserve these precious traditional cultural values for future generations.
(Meritorious Artist – Painter Vu Huy)
As a special guest of the event, Meritorious Artist Vu Huy, a fine artist who has worked in the film industry for decades and who was fortunate to have seen Shen Yun Performing Arts once and the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra another time, recalled his feelings: “The development of today’s society makes people indifferent and forget the feelings between one another. Shen Yun is like a symbol of genuine art, the standard and measure of genuine art, helping people preserve core cultural values, as if you could touch them.” He was very impressed by Shen Yun’s colors – the splendor of the costumes across the dynasties and the brightness of the stage backdrops based on natural colors – as if they had distilled the very essence of traditional Chinese culture.
(Photo: singer Khanh Linh, a lucky guest of the event)
In a very enjoyable part of the event, singer Khanh Linh and artist Nhat Ly became the lucky guests who received a trip to Australia and Japan to see Shen Yun Performing Arts in person. Singer Khanh Linh said she felt very happy to receive the gift from the organizers. This was the first time she had been introduced to Shen Yun Performing Arts, and she was very eager to experience this very special program with her own eyes.
At the end of the program, many guests left full of emotion, having glimpsed the cultural values Shen Yun brings and understood more about Shen Yun’s mission of restoring 5,000 years of human civilization. Many guests also expressed their wish to see Shen Yun in person, and Mr. Ha Van Tang, former Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, could not help but exclaim “Wonderful!” after watching the introduction of the program.
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