"The Beautiful Mountain That Is Dragon Springs This beautiful mountain villa that is Dragon Springs Is where we matured into men and women With its verdant hills and crystal waters, its songs of birds and aromatic flowers The pagoda’s bells ring out through the sacred grounds Youthful students in the classrooms leave a fine example, with all their talents and grace- Peerless artists of Shen Yun in the making Laughing, singing, and reading together, they spread beautiful dance and music near and far In this troubled world ’tis truly a City of the Gods 2018 *** Faeries Aflight The bright moon hangs from the vault of heaven Beautiful towers and vast halls highlight a beauteous flock Heaven and Earth are illumined, enhancing the scene With steps soft and graceful, they whirl sleeves long Twisting, turning, spreading, closing-these flying faeries Aerials and swallow jumps that best the greatest dancers Accompanied by music, the dance itself becomes melodic With a beauty elevated still more by their grace January 2, 2016 *** The Wait of a Thousand Autumns Heaven’s faeries float down, dancing with elegance Beautiful and agile, with coiffures simply divine Moving to and fro, they exude a myriad charms With but a smiling glance backwards, they put the world’s flowers to shame Spinning, turning, whirling, twirling, they land their aerial leaps ever so lightly Stepping so slowly, they come to a halt, yet the beauty does not stop there The music and dance call out to your true nature For this one performance you’ve awaited a thousand autumns October 27, 2016" (Master Li Hongzhi, Hong Yin V, from Falun Dafa teachings)
The exaggerated, over theatrical ritenutos are distracting. As a teen I had a record of this piece by Stokowski with the NBC Symphony, but I don't remember that; maybe it's something he tried once and didn't like (and IMHO, rightly so)
