ARMENIAN COLLEGE PRESIDENT SAYS SHEN YUN IS ‘OUT OF THIS WORLD’
The Epoch Times
March 25 2014
By Epoch Times | March 24, 2014
LOS ANGELES–Dr. Garbis Der-Yeghian, a Rotary District governor
and Armenian college president was in the audience of the Shen Yun
Performing Arts New York Company, on March 23, at Nokia Theatre L.A.
Live.
According to its website, “Through the universal language of music
and dance, Shen Yun weaves a wondrous tapestry of heavenly realms,
ancient legends, and modern heroic tales, taking you on a journey
through 5,000 years of Chinese culture.”
Dr. Der-Yeghian said that the performance was “out of this world. It’s
exceptionally superb.”
“It presents to us a culture that has a lot of history, and they’re
really just cultural ambassadors of China. It’s exciting, it’s very
entertaining and there’s a lot of culture and history combined.”
Shen Yun uses classical Chinese dance, which has been developed over
millennia. The Shen Yun website explains: “China’s deep cultural
traditions are contained in classical Chinese dance, allowing its
movements to be richly expressive, such that the personalities and
feelings of characters can be portrayed with unparalleled clarity.”
When asked how he enjoyed the dancing, he said “It’s extraordinary,
especially the costumes, and the techniques.”
The website says that the Shen Yun Orchestra masterfully blends two
of the world’s greatest classical music traditions.
Dr. Der-Yeghian, was particularly pleased when he learned of a fellow
countryman in the orchestra. “It’s very good, because I was pleasantly
surprised to see a compatriot, an Armenian, who is the violinist.”
“I would encourage my friends to come along,” he said. “A double plus!”
Reporting by Michael Ye and Kathy McWilliams
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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