Tannya: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
SHEN YUN CAN BE TRANSLATED AS
BEAUTY OF DIVINE BEINGS DANCING.
THIS DANCE COMPANY ALWAYS
DELIVERS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE'RE HAPPY ONE OF THE STARS,
BEN CHEN.
ALOHA.
I KNOW YOU'RE JETLAGS.
YOU TRAVEL ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE JUST FLEW IN FROM TAIWAN
GID.
BEING HERE IN HAWAI'I IS SO
GREAT.
THE BEACH, WEATHER.
SEEING THE SURF.
Tannya: THIS IS A BIG ONE.
THE LAST OF THIS SEASON.
WE ONLY HAVE THREE SHOWS
HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE
BLAISDELL CONCERT HALL SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY AND WE'RE DONE WITH
TOUR.
WE HAVE SIX COMPANIES.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF TOUR.
SINCE WE CORE CORE GRAPH NEW, THIS IS
THE LAST DANCE.
Tannya: THIS IS SO
BEAUTIFUL TELL ME ABOUT THE
COMPANY.
HOW MANY DANCERS TRAVEL FOR
THIS.
WE HAVE AROUND 30 DANCERS.
AND A LIVE ORCHESTRA
ACCOMPANYING US.
THROUGH CLASSCLE CHINESE DANCE.
AND COSTUMES, WE SEEK TO PORTRAY
THE LEGENDS FROM FIVE THOUSAND
VALUES.
Tannya: AND YOU PLAY THE
LEAD.
TELL ME ABOUT THE ROIL ROLE YOU PLAY.
BECAUSE CHINESE CLASSICAL
DANCE IS VERSATILE, EXPRESSING
EMOTIONS.
THIS YEAR I PLAY THE FATHER IN A
STORY.
KNOWN AS THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS IN
THE WEST.
THE OTHER ROLE I ENJOY PLAYING,
MY FAVORITE ROLE IS RESTAURANT
BOSS.
I'M A GRUMPY OLD BOSS.
I TOLD ME WAITERS HOW TO RUN THE
BUSINESS.
HOW IT'S REALLY DONE.
AND ALL THIS HAPPENS THROUGH --
ALL THE STORYTELLING HAPPENS
THROUGH DANCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRIGS -- TRICKS.
Tannya: A LOT OF
CONNECTIONS.
WE HAVE HULA HERE.
THIS CANNOT BE SEEN IN CHINA.
DEFINITELY.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL ME OUR
SHOW IS NOT MADE IN CHINA.
THEY THINK COMES FROM CHINA.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE
THINGS ABOUT OUR SHOW IS THAT WE
SEEK TO REVIVE 5,000 YEARS OF
TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE,
WHICH IS DOING DESTROYED BY THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PERFORM IN
CHINA.
Tannya: YOU WOULDN'T THINK
THAT.
YOU'VE BEEN PART OF SHEN YUN HOW
MANY YEARS?
FOR 11 YEARS.
Tannya: WE WERE DOING THE
MATH SMG.
YOU DO 40U78 HOW MANY PERFORMANCES?
OVER 100,000.
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE WERE
IN KOREA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA,
TAIWAN.
WE ONLY HAVE THREE SHOWS LAST
AND WE'RE DONE WITH TOUR.
Tannya: HOW DO YOU
CELEBRATE?
SOME PEOPLE ALL THEY DO IN OFF
SEASON, THEY EAT.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
WE HAVE SIX COMPANIES.
BY THE END OF TOURS, WE GET
TOGETHER AND SEE OUR OLD FRIENDS
WHO WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN FOUR
MOMPLEGHTS.
AND-- MONCHTS. MONTHS.
AND WE SEE OUR FAMILIES.
HEADQUARTER IN NEW YORK BUT MADE
UP IN ETHNIC CHINESE.
I'M ACTUALLY BRITISH.
Tannya: VERY GLOBAL.
IT.
MAKE SURE.
ONLY THREE SHOWS OVER THE
WEEKEND AT THE WEEKEND.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR IN
HAWAI'I AND YOUR OFF SEASON.
AND YOU'LL PROBABLY START
WORKING ON NEXT SEASON'S DANCES.
YEAH.
Tannya: CHECK THEM OUT.
WE'LL POST THE INFORMATION AT
KHON2.COM.
THANK YOU.
BREAK A LEG.