Category: Baton Rouge

Dance Coach Watches Shen Yun Finale, Feels That ‘God Is Watching Over Us’

January 22, 2023
Audience CommentsBaton RougecitycompanyNew World CompanyShen YunUnited States
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BATON ROUGE, La.—Debbie Rounds, Terri Walsh, and their friend Dawn attended Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Baton Rouge River Center Theater on Jan. 22. Ms. Rounds has been a dance coach for 42 years, and directs the Pink Panther All Stars. With her background, Debbie appreciated “the talent, the gymnastics. All of it!” in…

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Retired Executive Enjoys Seeing China Before Communism in Shen Yun

January 22, 2023
Audience CommentsBaton RougecitycompanyShen YunUnited StatesWorld Company
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BATON ROGUE, La.—Tom Olinde, a retired retail executive and owner, was impressed by Shen Yun Performing Arts after seeing the performance of the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company at the Baton Rouge River Center Theater on Jan. 21. “I think it’s great. Very colorful costumes, the music’s good. … I like the [classical] dance,” said…

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Louisiana Families Describe Poignant Experience at Shen Yun

January 21, 2023
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BATON ROGUE, La.—After Breanna Campbell saw Shen Yun Performing Arts last year, she was set on seeing the premier classical Chinese dance company once more the following season, bringing her young son this time around. During the year’s wait, Ms. Campbell followed Shen Yun on social media, watching together with her son the artists’ behind-the-scenes videos…

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Shen Yun’s Story-Based Dances Are Immensely Pleasurable and Meaningful

April 10, 2022
Arts & CultureAudience CommentsBaton RougeBrightcitycompanyNew Era CompanyShen YunTraditional Chinese CultureUnited States
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana—Chinese traditional culture was known as a divinely inspired culture, originating under the auspices of deities who shared their knowledge with mortals through the arts. Dance, music, painting, and writing were considered to be channels of knowledge that came from heaven. The mission of Shen Yun Performing Arts is to revive authentic Chinese…

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Shen Yun Shows Baton Rouge a Faith-Filled China

April 9, 2022
Arts & CultureAudience CommentsBaton RougeBrightcitycompanyNew Era CompanyShen YunUnited States
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BATON ROUGE—Shen Yun, a classical Chinese dance performance hailing from New York, produces an outsized reaction from its audiences, perhaps because it goes beyond its stunning stage effects to a deeper human need. Leonard Kight, retired Air Force colonel and his wife Linda attended the April 9 matinee. “It was spellbinding. I literally cried through…

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