DRESDEN, Germany—Another spectacular evening for the audience watching Shen Yun Performing Arts, this time at the Kulturpalast Dresden. After appreciative applause, the audience left the theater with joyful hearts and a deep respect for Chinese culture.

Shen is the show that is traveling the world bringing about a renaissance of traditional Chinese culture.

Mr. Graske, who plays in an orchestra, said the show was “very beautiful and very colorful.”

The orchestra that Mr. Graske plays in uses instruments such as the mandolin, guitar, and contrabass. Shen Yun’s orchestra interested him. He was impressed by the fact that this orchestra brings together two of the world’s greatest classical music traditions, Chinese and Western, in a masterful fusion. With Western instruments as its base, the orchestra with some traditional Chinese instruments brings out a harmony without losing a sense of familiarity to Western audience members.

He was impressed with the “multilayered” effect achieved by the orchestra and felt that “Chinese and Western instruments were combined into one unified whole,” he said.

Mr. Graske also liked the dancing and singing very much, and said of the vocal artists, “The vocalists ... had big voices, very powerful voices.”

He was referring to the soprano Pi-ju Huang and baritone Qu Yue. “These are very well-trained voices, which still appear very natural.”

Mr. Graske also enjoyed the Chinese myths and legends presented through song and dance.

Shen Yun uses traditional stories to tell the 5,000-year-old history of Chinese culture.

Mr. Graske noted the peacefulness exhibited and said that “one should welcome that.”

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Shen Yun Performing Arts 2009 World Tour. For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org

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