ORLANDO, Fla.—Reed Zuehlke, an IT sales engineer, attended the matinee of Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on March 18.
He liked how Chinese culture was represented in the performance. “It’s wonderful! Beautiful representation of Chinese culture, Chinese heritage, and not the current Chinese government.”
Based in New York, Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by leading Chinese artists and quickly became the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture.
Mr. Zuehlke saw differences between traditional culture and the present regime: “a combination of strength, courage, caring, intellectual pursuits, and religion.”…