SALT LAKE CITY—Richard Paul Evans, the proud author of 45 national bestsellers and movies, attended Shen Yun’s evening performance at the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater.
Exiting the venue on Feb. 21, Mr. Evans thought the performance was “very beautiful and fun to watch.” He was happy to have shared this experience with McKenna, his adopted daughter from China.
“It’s really interesting,” he exclaimed. “I didn’t know it had a spiritual bent to it. I liked that a lot!”
Shen Yun Performing Arts was founded in New York in 2006 by leading Chinese artists seeking to revive China’s 5,000 years of traditional culture. Up until the 1949 communist takeover, its people were very spiritual and had a deep respect for the divine….