Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s first Chinese classical dance and music company, presented their new 2011 program in the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna on Sunday.

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[Joseph Reuben Silverbird, Ambassador For Peace]: 

“I think it's wonderful, that I was invited to come, because I saw, something that is very important, the culture, the Chinese culture becoming live again. And it's important to keep it alive. Sometimes it's being referred that our culture comes from the orient someplace, Asia. So, in your Shen Yun you‘ve done such beautiful things. I love the costumes, they are so special, but I love the dancing, the precision, the music, the backdrops, everything is so alive and you know, it brings back the culture in a modern way.“

Board member of the Institute for Cultural Management (IKM) and board member of the Vienna University for Music, Professor Franz-Otto Hofecker says:

[Dr. Hofecker, Board Member IKM]: 

“What the show transmits is the grand and unbelievable long tradition of culture in China, 5,000 years."

The former chief of the Austrian state television archive and now honorary professor for contemporary history, Dr. Dusek, liked the historical aspect of the show. 

[Dr. Peter Dusek, Former Chief of Austrian TV Archive]:

“It is all about Chinese classical dance, but with a historical background, and I have never experienced something like this before, it was introducing, it was sympathy. Now I go home and will learn more about it and I look forward to see it next year, I will prepare myself for it.“

Every year, Shen Yun goes on tour with a totally new show, with new dances, costumes, backdrops, songs and a live orchestra.

NTD News Vienna, Austira