Shen Yun - Tournée

Shen Yun at L'Amphithéâtre 3000

We are delighted to welcome Shen Yun to L'Amphithéâtre 3000, where our stage, sightlines, and acoustics are designed to showcase productions of this scale and nuance. From the moment you take your seat, you will notice how the hall’s balanced geometry favors clarity: the sweep of the orchestra in the pit, the precision of footwork at the front of the stage, and the luminous digital backdrops are all presented with equal care. Our technical team has prepared the lighting bridges, rigging, and projection surfaces to allow the company’s vivid palettes and finely detailed costumes to bloom under the lights. The choreography’s swift transitions and story-driven tableaux benefit from our generous wing space and quiet stage machinery, keeping the flow uninterrupted. L'Amphithéâtre 3000 welcomes both first-time guests and returning patrons with an experience calibrated for comfort—ample legroom, clear lines of vision from every tier, and a sound design tuned for the unique blend of Western symphonic and traditional Chinese instruments that defines this performance. Here, Shen Yun’s artistry meets a room built for grand storytelling, creating the conditions for an evening that feels both intimate and expansive.

The artistic moment: a living canvas of classical Chinese dance

Shen Yun arrives in Lyon at a dynamic moment in its artistic journey, touring a fresh program that the company renews each season. The creative team continues to refine the language of classical Chinese dance—combining expressive form, intricate footwork, and acrobatic technique—with vibrant ethnic and folk dances drawn from diverse regions and historical periods. Each segment is set to original music performed live, the orchestra weaving strings, woodwinds, and brass with timbres such as erhu and pipa to create a sound world that is simultaneously ancient in color and contemporary in scale. Bel canto vocalists add a concert dimension between dance suites, while the company’s signature animated backdrop extends the stage into landscapes, palaces, and celestial realms that appear to respond to the dancers’ movements in real time. This season’s visual design emphasizes clarity of storytelling and richness of texture: layers of silk, hand-finished embroidery, and dynamic headdresses catch the light, turning each formation into a moving frieze. For audiences at L'Amphithéâtre 3000, the result is not only spectacular to watch but also sonically immersive, thanks to a hall tuned to reveal both orchestral warmth and percussive precision.

From our vantage point as hosts, we see how this production is carefully prepared to honor the scale and character of L'Amphithéâtre 3000. The company’s warm-up and sound checks bring out the subtleties of the erhu’s lyric voice, the brilliance of brass fanfares, and the transparency of string passages that underpin the dance. The backstage choreography—costume changes, prop handoffs, and cueing for the animated backdrop—has been mapped to our stage architecture so that what unfolds for you is seamless. Expect an evening that moves from courtly elegance to pastoral celebration and mythic adventure, all articulated by an ensemble prized for synchronicity and expressive range. For families, seasoned dance aficionados, and curious newcomers alike, this is an opportunity to witness a living art form presented at the height of its touring craft. Whether you are returning to see Shen Yun’s ever-renewing program or discovering it for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you to L'Amphithéâtre 3000 for a performance that places precision, color, and musicality at the very center of the stage—and lets every seat feel close to the heart of the action.