ATLANTA—Shen Yun translates into “the beauty of divine being dancing,” and on Jan. 7 at the Atlanta Symphony Hall, a former classical dancer explained just how accurate the company’s name was.
Lauren Lukert, a classical ballerina for two decades, was blown away by Shen Yun‘s dancers. She attended a performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts with her friend Marcia Weilbach, a business owner.
“They’re clearly all very musical, their phrasing was exquisite, they’re tremendous athletes,” she said.
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company, which since its inception became a world phenomenon, putting a once nearly-lost art form on the map. The company was formed in 2006 and has since grown from one to eight equally-sized companies that tour the world simultaneously….