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‘It’s a Bold Statement’: Cincinnati Audience Impressed by Shen Yun

CINCINNATI—Robert Wilson, a computer software engineer, and Kristen Wilson, a human resource business partner saw Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time at the Aronoff Center for the Arts on Jan. 28, and had such a wonderful time that Mr. Wilson said that he “would definitely come back in a heartbeat.” “It’s an incredible…


Shen Yun: ‘I Wish That Every American Could See This,’ Says Cincinnati Patron

CINCINNATI—Russell Hufford, stockbroker, and Ashley Hufford, personal finance coach, were impressed and emboldened by Shen Yun Performing Arts. From Elsmere, Kentucky, the Huffords and came to see Shen Yun, for the first time, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati on Jan. 28. “It was simply amazing … beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,” said Mr….


Shen Yun Brings Hope for the Future, Say Kansas City Theatergoers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—For Tim Thompson, his wife, Jonamie, and their daughter, Shen Yun Performing Arts was an emotional and uplifting experience. “It was fantastic,” Mr. Thompson said at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after the Jan. 28 matinee. “The classical dancing, the music, the singing, everything that we saw and heard, we really…


Shen Yun Shows the Audience What Is Actually Happening in China

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—It was the best of China, it was the worst of China; Shen Yun Performing Arts did not shy away from presenting to its audiences what China was like in ancient times, and what has been happening in China in the modern day. Shen Yun performed at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts,…


Choreographer Inspired by Shen Yun: ‘Beautiful, It’s Beautiful’

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Elena Indrokova Jones is the artistic director and choreographer of a dance company Four Season Dancers which promotes traditional ethnic dances. On Jan. 28, she walked out of the Kennedy Center’s Shen Yun Performing Arts’ matinee singing the praises of these New York-based dancers. “Beautiful. It’s beautiful,” Ms. Jones said. With over 20 years…


Shen Yun Was ‘Splendor in a Higher Realm’ Says Costume Designer

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Michelle Covington, costume designer, and Mark Covington, physician, left the theater after Shen Yun Performing Arts feeling renewed. “[You felt] elevated to a different level than the one we live on in everyday life,” said Mrs. Covington at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after the matinee on Jan. 28. “It takes…


Providence Family Sends Shen Yun Their Love and Good Wishes for Freedom

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Nydam family, Richard, Barbara, and Ellie, attended a matinee performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts in the William Saroyan Theater on Jan. 28, 2023, and came away from the performance with love in their hearts for the music and dance company’s performers. Barbara said the dances were wonderful, especially “the smiles on everyone’s…


Shen Yun Has ‘A Very Strong Connection to the Divine,’ Says Kennedy Center Theatergoer

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The name “Shen Yun” means “the beauty of divine beings dancing,” and for Andrew Scheler at The Kennedy Center Opera House, that divinity really came through “The dancing was amazing, the music was amazing, and the spirit behind it—just beautiful,” Mr. Scheler said after the Shen Yun Performing Arts matinee on Jan. 28. He…


Shen Yun Uncovers a Side of China New to Washington Audience Members

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Dennis and Courtney Davio attended Shen Yun Performing Arts, they looked forward to learning more about China. The performance ended up being a vaster experience than they had imagined. “I traveled the world but I’ve never been to China, so to see this culture and realize this culture dates so far back, like…


Retired Lieutenant Colonel Touched by Shen Yun’s Integrity

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Retired Lieutenant Colonel Guy Workman and his wife Kirsten had been looking forward to attending Shen Yun Performing Arts long before the performing arts company arrived in Kansas City. After the evening performance on Jan. 27, the couple exited the Kauffman Center satisfied that Shen Yun was everything they had hoped it would…