STAMFORD, Conn.—The associate director of a major pharmaceutical company and a family doctor from New Jersey were both amazed by Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Palace Theatre on July 24. “Everything was just fantastic. We saw the commercials on TV and it exceeded all expectations. It was just amazing—the abilities of all the performers,” Samuel Shukovsky, the associate director at Boehringer Ingelheim, said. Having seen many other performances, Shukovsky felt that New York-based Shen Yun is in a league of its own. “It’s just a wholly brand new experience that doesn’t equal anything else out there,” he said. Shukovsky attended the performance with his wife, Valerie Shukovsky, who was similarly impressed. “I loved it,” she said. “It was spectacular. The costumes were amazing. The dancing was gorgeous. The music was beautiful. It was just phenomenal.” Sam Shukovsky thought the performance was a valiant effort to revive China’s traditional culture, which …