COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—On the chilly afternoon of Jan. 30, Shen Yun filled the Pikes Peak Center with the swelling music of a live orchestra, and colorful silken costumes of ancient China animated through the gravity-defying flips of classical Chinese dancers. Shen Yun is a New York-based performing arts company whose mission is to revive 5,000 years of Chinese culture prior to the communist era through dance and music. Ballet dancer Emma Helgesen attended with her parents Jeanna and Bryan Helgesen. If the world is still reeling from a pandemic, you wouldn’t know it from the jubilation on the Helgesen’s faces. “I choose not to live in fear at all and I think all of us have to face sicknesses and dangers every day, so I just think it’s really important to keep living life and enjoy it because each day is special,” Bryan said. “We’re not guaranteed tomorrow, so I have absolutely no …