On February 24, 2024, two Shen Yun New York Performing Arts Troupe performances at Home of the Arts (HOTA) in Gold Coast, Australia were once again sold out. The picture shows the outside view of the Art Centre. (Sti/The Epoch Times)
[The Epoch Times, Chwefror 25, 2024](Reported by Australia’s Gold Coast Reporter Station The Epoch Times) Following the sell-out the day before, on February 24, 2024, audiences on Australia’s Gold Coast once again expressed their support for Shen Yun’s performance with a hot box office. All tickets for the afternoon show are sold out and it is difficult to get a ticket; the evening show is also almost sold out. Shen Yun’s reputation has spread widely among mainstream people on the Gold Coast.
On that day, the two performances by the New York Shen Yun Art Company at the HOTA Gold Coast Home of the Arts were in a lively atmosphere, and the audience was deeply immersed in the unparalleled artistic feast. The masculinity of the men’s dances and the elegance of the women’s dances have won applause and cheers from the audience again and again; the interesting stories and the inventive choreography have also attracted laughter and thunderous admiration.
Shen Yun showcases the essence of Chinese divine culture through pure, kind and beautiful art. At the end of each programme, thunderous applause broke out before the curtain came down. As soon as the host introduced the next programme, the applause couldn’t wait to start again. The audience was full of love and anticipation for all the programmes. Shen Yun.
Founding Director of a Multinational Company: Shen Yun Shows the Real China
On the evening of February 24, 2024, Steve Marskell, founding director of an international building materials company, watched the third local performance of the New York Performing Arts Company Shen Yun at the Gold Coast Center for the Arts (HOTA, Home of the Arts) in Australia. . (New Tang Dynasty TV)
After watching the performance on the night of February 24, Steve Marskell, the founding director of an international building materials company, believed that the brilliant and spectacular performance showed the real China, allowing Western audiences not only to understand the essence of divine culture Chinese, but also learning about Chinese human factors The fact that people are stopped because of their beliefs.
He said: “This performance is truly otherworldly, colorful and bright. It shows the vibrant traditional culture of China. I believe many Westerners have not had the opportunity to see the real China and the essence of its culture traditional. Connotation. So, the real China shown in the performance is intoxicating. In fact, I love China (traditional culture) very much.”
Through the performance, he gained a deep understanding of traditional Chinese culture. He said: “China has experienced thousands of years of dynasty changes (and still standing). It is this inclusive, broad and profound traditional culture that unites this country tightly. Together.”
He said: “I admire the close interpersonal relationships (fate) between people in China. (as shown in the performance) Traditionally, people value family and friendship, and attach great importance to fate, including the a relationship sustained by faith and fate.”
The performance showed the divine cultural values through the story of the dance drama, such as the unity of nature and man, and the mercy of the founder to save the world. Marskell felt that Shen Yun has great educational significance for Western society. , “I think that a lot of Western society people do not realize or understand, in fact, that Chinese people (for a long time) have religious beliefs as a bond.”
He added: “The dance of the blooming yellow flowers is beautiful and spectacular, absolutely amazing. But perhaps that is unfair, because the whole performance is an extremely enjoyable and completely intoxicating experience.”
Marskell also said that the performance can also help the world understand the pain that the Chinese people are going through, “I believe that there is suffering all over the world, and some of it is hidden and not known to’ the world. However, I believe that the world is happening. is opening its eyes, so that such performances will draw more people’s attention to the suppression of Chinese people (because of their beliefs).”
Professor of Medicine: I hope that Shen Yun will continue to convey the message of the Creator
On the afternoon of February 24, 2024, teacher and senior specialist Derek James Chong (left) watched the second performance of the New York Shen Yun Performing Arts Company at the Home of the Arts (HOTA), Gold Coast, Australia, with his mother and sister. (Li Cuixi / The Epoch Times)
“Indeed there is a Creator in the world. We could have lived in peace and friendship, but in today’s world and society, people forget this and forget that they should give sincerity and love to each other.” Professor and senior expert Derek James Chong said.
He feels deeply that Shen Yun conveys to the audience the message that the Creator has come to the world to save people in times of crisis, and awakens people’s memory of the Creator. “The show is excellent, please continue to deliver the message,” he said.
Chong’s ancestors are from China. “The performance brought me back to the hometown of my ancestors, which made me very excited.” He said emotionally, “Every performance brings tears to my eyes.”
As a doctor who witnessed the CCP harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, Chong said solemnly, “This incident has not been widely reported, and the media has not reported many things that are happening in China. The media has not focused on this event. , empowering people to do something about what is happening, because what happens there is going to happen around us.”
He further explained, “We are all people living in a civilized society and we should take care of each other. If we don’t do anything about it, then we won’t be able to form a truly civilized and humane society.”
Brewery owner: Chinese culture may have died without Shen Yun
On the evening of February 24, 2024, brewery owner Paul Sowter watched the third performance of the New York Shen Yun Performing Arts Company at the Gold Coast Center for the Arts (HOTA, Home of the Arts) in Australia. (Deng Yuzhi/The Epoch Period)
Paul Sowter, the owner of the brewery, said after watching the Shen Yun performance, “Without you (Shen Yun) doing this, Chinese culture might have died.” He said, “The Shen Yun setup really injects vitality into the dance and brings us to tonight’s performance. The many cultures on display here invigorate you!”
Sowter said Shen Yun’s mission of reviving and promoting traditional Chinese culture is very important. He said: “This performance is a warning to us that the Chinese Communist Party is destroying Chinese culture since the beginning of the communist revolution.”
As a Christian, Sowter is very happy to see God’s message of salvation presented by Shen Yun. He said: “I think the arrangement of the performance is very clever. The performance shows a great message of salvation, repentance and forgiveness from the perspective of Falun Gong. I think it is very good.”
Sowter was deeply touched by the rich spiritual significance of Shen Yun. “Most people want to know, most people are interested, most people have spiritual beliefs, and most people know they have a spiritual side,” he said, ” People are distracted by life in order to feed themselves. We are distracted by what we do every day. We are seduced by the world. But at the core of humanity is spirituality. There is a spiritual aspect to it.”
When Sowter heard that Shen Yun had eight troupes performing simultaneously around the world, he said he was very happy to see Shen Yun spread the truth like this. “This is a threat (to the CCP) and the totalitarian government will not like it… You know, you can stop something… but the human spirit is very difficult to stop.”
Sowter believes that Shen Yun performances are “absolutely important” to today’s society, he said, “because people will benefit from it. First, they will think, what is our core? And then, they will have some understanding of’ what’s happening in China. After the Chinese Communist Party came to power, some of the things that happened were pretty bad.”
Sowter said he knew about the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong, “I know, I know what’s going on, I know (the CCP) is harvesting organs from living people.”
But he believes, in the face of strong beliefs, “the persecution will fail! Although the Communist Party can oppress the people, the system will collapse over time.”
The RumCo distillery run by Sowter is a family run rum brewing business covering an area of 236,000 square metres.
Editor in charge: Yue Ming
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