HOUSTON, Texas—Wildlife photographer Deanne Peterson and her mother attended their third Shen Yun performance together on Sunday, Sept. 19, at the Wortham Center Brown Theater in Houston, Texas. It’s become a family tradition. “We’ve come for probably four or five years, and it’s always really wonderful to come back and to see the new choreography and the new routines and the new backdrops,” Peterson said. Shen Yun is a touring performing arts group based in New York whose mission is to revive the soul of 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture, as it existed before communism, to the public through dance and music. Each year, its touring companies perform in at least 150 cities around the world. Each season’s program is brand-new, making the experience both familiar and exciting for returning audiences like Peterson and her mother. “The lines, the symmetry … It’s really, really stunning and I know that the …