KANSAS CITY, Mo.—For Tim Thompson, his wife, Jonamie, and their daughter, Shen Yun Performing Arts was an emotional and uplifting experience.
“It was fantastic,” Mr. Thompson said at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after the Jan. 28 matinee. “The classical dancing, the music, the singing, everything that we saw and heard, we really enjoyed”
“I felt like what made me more emotional about it is where China was, where it came from, where it is today, and our hope for where it will go in the future. And really though, it’s not just China. It’s the whole world,” said Mr. Thompson, a director at a telecommunications company….