SEATTLE, Wash.—It was a large family group that had come with Joseph Wamsley to see Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle. Perhaps as many 18 family members, said Wamsley. “It was great for the educational value, for the kids to see, to watch it and to hear the music, to see the performance, the dancing, how everything was played,” he said. “My son, my daughter, they both enjoyed the whole [performance] … The whole time they were at the edge of their seat watching up close. That was very big,” Mr. Walmsley said. Classical Chinese dances that depict stories from China’s long and glorious history are interspersed with folk and ethnic dances. The level of the performance was amazing, he said. “The performance, everything was just outstanding.” Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture, which can no longer be found in its …