LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Sunday evening at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts was the place to be for those in Louisville, with the world’s premier Chinese dance and music company Shen Yen Performing Arts delighting those fortunate to attend.

Bill Burger, the assistant to the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Daniel Mongiardo, was at the performance and he was full of praise.

“I found it to be very uplifting. The traditional song and dance, the experience of a culture that I am not that familiar with I found to be a wonderful thing,” he said.

According to Shen Yun’s official website the company’s rich repertory breaks new ground by focusing on the authentic cultural heritage of classical China.

Mr. Burger also commented on the visual impact of the show,

“The colors were brilliant, the movements were so well orchestrated. I love the colors, it’s bright, it's refreshing, it is uplifting spiritually.”

The Shen Yun performers are accompanied by a digital backdrop which is custom-designed to match a given dances' costumes, story line, lighting, and even choreography.

Mr. Burger read a letter from the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Daniel Mongiardo at a VIP reception welcoming Shen Yun to Louisville, part of which read;

“It is indeed a great honor to host your renowned company in the Commonwealth. As the world becomes smaller and smaller through globalization it is very important that individual cultures maintain and share their unique and rich traditions so that we all have a better understanding of our diverse international community.

“Please accept my best wishes for you for providing an exciting journey into China's classical culture and I hope that your travels bring you back to Kentucky in the near future.”

Mr. Burger talked more about the performance when interviewed at the VIP reception, saying, “The message throughout the whole thing; one of faith, spirituality, hope, in addition to maintaining the traditions of the past honoring our ancestors, and then teaching them and carrying them forward to future generations, is absolutely a necessary thing and quite a wonderful thing.”

One of Shen Yun’s missions is to seek to revive the true, five-millennia-old artistic tradition of China that thrived before decades of suppression by the Chinese communist state, the website says.

“If we don't remember things of the past, we are going to have trouble in the future and I know that there is suppression in different places. One of my favorite parts of the show tonight was the splitting of the mountain,” he said.

Splitting the Mountain is a well-known Chinese fairy tale, where a wandering scholar becomes entranced with a beautiful goddess and convinces her to stay with him on earth where they marry and have a son. Unfortunately, they are soon discovered by her older brother, who in his fury separates the couple and imprisons his sister inside a mountain.

Mr. Burger concluded; “There is truly good and evil in the world and with faith, with remembering our past and our tradition, I think we will overcome that. I think good will overcome, that's the message I get out of the story of Splitting of the Mountain. You can suppress good if you try hard enough, but sooner or later the good will overcome," he said.

“So, a message of hope, learning of other cultures ... just all a wonderful message for everybody, it doesn't matter what age they are. It was great to see this tonight - hope we see more soon.”

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. For more information, please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org

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