SYDNEY—Commander Phillip Anderson OAM RAN (Retd), who formerly conducted the Royal Australian Navy Band, said Shen Yun Performing Arts radiates happiness as it presents “another side of China” that might be unfamiliar to some when he attended a full house matinee performance at Sydney Lyric Theatre on April 29.
Commander Anderson, who has been awarded an Order of Australia medal, one of Australia’s highest honours, and has performed in China with and even conducted the PLA Navy Band, described the New York-based Shen Yun as “food for the soul.” He said it “brings another side of China to Australian audiences.”…