VENICE, Florida—Vasili Horin, a teacher, did not have to see Shen Yun Performing Art’s entire performance to determine its worth.
“I think it’s really good,” said Mr. Horin, sitting in the Venice Performing Arts Center on March 11 during the intermission and eagerly waiting for the performance’s second half to begin. “A lot of different choreography has taken place, and it looks really nice. A lot of skill.”
Based in New York, Shen Yun was founded in 2006 and is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Its mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture, which is deeply rooted in spiritual teachings that were abolished when the atheist Chinese Communist Party took power….