PALM DESERT, Calif.—On the afternoon of April 29, audiences found an all-enveloping love and healing at a Shen Yun performance. Shen Yun is a classical Chinese dance and music company based in New York that tours the world’s most prestigious theaters annually.
Faith Garcia, a fitness studio owner, attended her first Shen Yun performance with her husband and two of her daughters. After seeing the performance, she wanted to bring the rest of their six children.
She appreciated the fluidity and stamina of the dancers, as well as their control of expression.
“When you’re working out or if you’re playing football on the field, your facial expression really doesn’t matter,” she said. “But when it comes to performance arts on the stage, you have to maintain this facial expression, you have to maintain graceful and fluidity even on the face itself.”
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