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Shen Yun Performing Arts’ rising stars present a range of classical Chinese dance techniques. Physically rigorous and exquisitely expressive, classical Chinese dance involves systematic training in dance fundamentals as well as difficult flips, spins, leaps, postures, and tumbling techniques. It is an incredibly rich art form that has developed over 5,000 years of Chinese civilization,…

2013 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont, the hero in Goethe’s historical tragedy of 1778, was a Flemish general who bravely fought for the freedom of his people and was sentenced to death by their oppressor. In 1809, Vienna’s Burgtheater commissioned Beethoven to write music for the play. The output, an overture and…

2016 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Raucous, rousing melodies conjure the rolling highlands of Bohemia. It was there that Dvořák found inspiration for his Slavonic Dances, the first set of which propelled him to international fame. Originally written in 1878 for piano four hands, and later rearranged for orchestra, the eight dances of Op….

2014 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Mikhail Glinka Based on Alexander Pushkin’s mock-epic work of the same title, Ruslan and Ludmila’s initial flop caused Glinka to stay away from Russia for nearly three years. The opera did not suit the taste of its time. For one, the music did not sound “Russian,” with melodies adapted from…

2015 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOvSKY To celebrate its opening, Carnegie Hall invited perhaps the most famous musician of the time to compose and conduct for the 1891 events: Tchaikovsky. He used Marche Solennelle as the opening piece, which he originally composed in 1883 for Tsar Alexander III’s coronation; hence its paraphrase of…

2016 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra JOHANNES BRAHMS In 1869, Brahms presented his publisher with 10 of his most successful arrangements of Hungarian and Gypsy (Roma) style folk melodies. These piano duets enjoyed tremendous popularity throughout Europe and, eventually, beyond, bringing both Brahms and his publisher, Fritz Simrock, unexpected success. The works furthermore fostered a trend…

2012 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra – Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available at ShenYunCreations.com.

2013 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky An elegant ballroom with distinguished guests dancing the Polonaise opens the final act of Tchaikovsky’s three-act opera Eugene Onegin. The young man Eugene encounters Tatyana, whose innocent love he once harshly rejected. Tatyana is now a married, sophisticated woman. This time Eugene pledges his love to her,…