MONTREAL—When asked how watching Shen Yun Performing Arts made her feel, music therapist Monique Coulombe Thibault pointed to her heart and said: “It takes me directly here.”
“It’s a beautiful show,” Ms. Thibault said after seeing Shen Yun at the Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal on April 15.
Based in New York, Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. It was formed in 2006 by leading Chinese artists who wished to revive China’s traditional culture before decades of communist rule in China all but destroyed it.
One of the unique features of Shen Yun is its use of an orchestra that combines traditional Chinese instruments into a classical Western orchestra with a seamless blend. Shen Yun also boasts talented vocalists who sing Chinese lyrics using the bel canto style.
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