themahaffey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nAt the core of Shen Yun\u2019s performances is a series of short dance numbers, each about five-minutes long. These range in style from classical Chinese dance and story-based dance to China\u2019s diverse ethnic and folk dance forms.<\/p>\n
In a collection of short pieces, the audience travels from legends of the culture\u2019s creation eons ago to stories of compassion and courage in China today; from snowy mountaintops to vast, boundless grasslands; and from celestial palaces in the highest heavens down to the dusty plateaus of the Middle Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Large animated backdrops, projected behind the dancers, extend the stage and transport the audience to another world. These grand images are dynamic and involve unique interaction with stage \u2014 a patented innovation that has inspired Hollywood and catches seasoned theatergoers by surprise.<\/p>\n
The Shen Yun Orchestra accompanies every dance performance, masterfully blending two of the world\u2019s greatest classical music traditions. Ancient Chinese instruments lead the melody on top of a full Western orchestra, creating an enchanting new sound.<\/p>\n
Shen Yun\u2019s vocalists, renowned for their ability to sing bel canto style in Chinese, perform piano-accompanied solos. Another regular favorite is the solo performance on the two-stringed erhu, with its stirring notes reminiscent of the human voice.<\/p>\n
Throughout the performance, dancers are adorned by hundreds of exquisitely handcrafted costumes whose origins span China\u2019s dynasties, regions, and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n
Each piece is briefly presented by two bilingual emcees, who guide the audience through this foreign journey and add insight and a touch of humor to the Shen Yun experience. With a 15-minute intermission, the entire performance runs just over two hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Shen Yun will return to the Tampa Bay area with an entirely new lineup of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[7558,33133,596,65490,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-133463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-dance","tag-duke-energy-center-for-the-arts","tag-pinellas-county","tag-shen-yun","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}