SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Financial advisor Simone Parks saw Shen Yun for the first time at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center on Feb. 3. Exiting the theater, Ms. Parks couldn’t be more satisfied with her experience.
“I loved it. It was magnificent. I loved the costumes, the lighting, the choreography was beautiful. It was very inspirational—a lot of good messages,” she said.
The New York-based Shen Yun was established in 2006 by leading Chinese artists who had fled the persecution of the communist party. Now in the free world, these artists are seeking to revive traditional Chinese culture and bring to the stage, through dance and music, the glory of pre-communist China….