THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.—“It’s greater than the sum of its parts,” said writer and musician Mark Kurasz, after he’d seen Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Fred Kavli Theatre on Tuesday.
Mr. Kurasz was expecting to see just dancing but was blown away when he realized that Shen Yun also incorporated music and theatre.
From a musician’s point of view, the score was phenomenal, he said.
Shen Yun is the world’s leading classical Chinese dance and music performance with a mission to revive the traditional Chinese culture from the pre-communist era.
“It was really good scoring—the background, the way it was all incorporated artistically. I loved the musical segments, the interludes, the breakout. It was just a well-put-together experience. I was very impressed,” he said….