PORTLAND, Ore.—Project manager Cynthia Latorre and her husband attended Shen Yun’s evening performance on Jan. 21 at the Keller Auditorium after seeing online ads and hearing recommendations from friends. At the end of the evening the couple agreed that Shen Yun was “very worth it.”
“I think it was lovely. It actually brought me to tears a few times to see the history and the culture, and the beauty that it brings,” said Mrs. Latorre.
The mission of New York-based Shen Yun is to bring back China’s lost culture and its belief in the divine through beautiful art. Since its advent in 2006, the performing arts company has grown to become a global sensation with eight equally sized companies set to perform in more than 180 cities worldwide….