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Architect Moved by Shen Yun’s Beauty

NEW YORK—”I started crying in the first five minutes because I was just so moved by the movement and the music and I just felt something come alive within me,” said Suzy Cash, an architect. When Shen Yun Performing Arts played in the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center in New York on…


Shen Yun Artists Impress in Germany

MÜLHEIM AN DER RUHR, Germany—Wladislawa Wiesner, data protection coordinator from Cologne, admired the technique of Shen Yun Performing Arts’ dancers as she watched the performance at Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr—Theatersaal. “It was very colorful and you could see that the artists really mastered the technique. It looked like it was really easy, but when you…


Shen Yun Is Outstanding and Amazing, Says Lighting Engineer

PORTLAND, Ore.—It takes an experienced eye to see beyond the magic of Shen Yun Performing Arts. Peter Feher is an engineer at the Oregon Convention Center and has worked in the music industry for 30 years. He also worked in lighting for other live productions. “It’s different. This is a theater show so it’s different,…


Photographer Appreciates the Beauty of Shen Yun

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Photographer Bruce Robinson said that some beautiful things in life, like the beauty presented by Shen Yun Performing Arts, can’t be captured in a still picture. “I think I’ve learned years ago about beautiful things,” Mr. Robinson said after seeing Shen Yun at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center on March 16. “It’s…


Shen Yun Artists Display ‘Incredible Accuracy’ in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Every pianist knows how important accuracy is in the arts. With Shen Yun Performing Arts, the accuracy of the dancers impressed Steven Thompson, a classical pianist. “I can say that the incredible accuracy, every hand position, every arm position was so accurate among all of them. I don’t even know how they could do…


Shen Yun Shows the True China to Director of Operations

MESA, Ariz.—The culture in China for the past 70 years under communist rule is worlds apart from the culture that embedded China for the dynasties that ruled for 5000 years. Monte Rashwan, a director of Operations at ITT, and his wife, a teacher, shared that Shen Yun Performing Arts showed the beauty of China without…


Theater Fight Choreographers Applaud the Harmony of Shen Yun

NEW YORK—New York City is America’s capital for the arts. From great orchestras to ballet, the city has the nation’s finest artists congregated. Paul Dennhardt and David Leong are fight directors who choreograph fighting scenes in productions ranging from Shakespeare to contemporary. “It was just so expressive and so evocative and just the extension of…


Shen Yun Dancers Amaze Investment Manager

LONDON—”I think the dancers are made of rubber! They are so supple. It’s amazing,” said Ibtissem Cole, investment manager. She and her husband James Cole, chairman of a waste business, were among the audience at the Shen Yun Performing Arts’ matinee on March 13. Shen Yun is a New York-based performing arts company presenting 5,000 years of…


Artist Says Compassion Seen in Shen Yun Is Relevant Today

MESA, Ariz.—Artist Tina LaRea attended the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance at the Ikeda Theater at the Mesa Arts Center on March 12 and appreciated the artistry. LaRea, an oil painter who specializes in classical realist still lifes, loved the “life principles that we can live by: … compassion, remembering your history, and bringing forward…


Shen Yun Connecting the People of Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—As more people are becoming comfortable with being out and about, they are also being reminded of the great experiences available in live arts. Shen Yun Performing Arts has been helping people recover from the fear of the pandemic. “At the very base of it, it is nice for people to be…