Shen Yun
Curtains draw. Clouds overflowed from the stage into the audience. Dancers rose up from the clouds. Graceful performance. Disciplined claps across the haul. The dance performances end with a still/tableu, and then there is a gong, and the lights dim bringing the focus on the artists and away from the props, and then the curtain is closed completely. So I couldn't clap. Skilled, graceful, acrobatic. Dance drama performances. Live orchestra. Excellent mix of western and traditional chinese music. Perfect synchrony between the music and the dances. Music was flawless, and I perhaps enjoyed the music much more consistently than the dances. Two MCs - a guy in suit, and a lady in chinese attire. I could only understand what the guy said. One hour of multiple performances, a fifteen minute break, another hour of performances. Pretty good. Not as exhilarating as I had imagined from the large Shen Yun posters that I had been seeing ever since I have been in the US. ...