COSTA MESA, Calif.—Purchasing the last two available seats in the auditorium, James Webster, vice president for a metal fabrication company, took his fiancee Amanda Rawls to see Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on the afternoon of March 4.
“It was beautiful … very striking … really well choreographed,” said Mr. Webster.
He had seen advertisements for Shen Yun before, but didn’t realize they would be performing so close to home. “We got the last two tickets that were available,” he said. “So here we are.”
Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company. Along with folk dances and solo performances, the production depicts story-based pieces that tell tales from ancient times to the modern day….