CLAREMONT, Calif.—”Love the show. This is our second time coming. We really believe in religious freedom and the idea that persecution should not be happening in China,” said professor and pastor Julie Wheeler. She and Dennis Wallstron, a psychologist, came to see Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Bridges Auditorium at Pomona College on March 11.
In speaking of religious freedom and persecution in China, Ms. Wheeler was reacting to one of the storytelling dances in New York-based Shen Yun‘s performance this year. Shen Yun, the premier classical Chinese dance and music company, aims to restore the glory of China’s past 5,000-year-old civilization, but the company also includes dances that tell a different story….