WASHINGTON, D.C.—The name “Shen Yun” means “the beauty of divine beings dancing,” and for Andrew Scheler at The Kennedy Center Opera House, that divinity really came through
“The dancing was amazing, the music was amazing, and the spirit behind it—just beautiful,” Mr. Scheler said after the Shen Yun Performing Arts matinee on Jan. 28.
He described Shen Yun as “a mixture of human and divine” and added that he could not adequately, with mere language, fully describe the experience.
“I’m not equal to the task of this question,” said Mr. Scheler, who practices tai chi himself and understands how movement can be spiritual in nature. “The way they moved was quite divine.”…