NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—Jessica Wilder, a fine arts painter, was inspired by the display of Shen Yun performers’ “passion and effort” after watching Shen Yun perform at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on March 22.
“Just so much emotion appears when you watch people just put all their passion and effort into something like this,” Mrs. Wilder said.
“And the fact that they train so hard for this, too.”
There are a number of requirements to be a Shen Yun dancer. According to the company website, it takes “a mind of steel, a body that’s pushed to its limits, a heart of humility, and much more.”…