AUCKLAND—Shen Yun Performing Arts left a deep impression on Marilise Van De Venter and her daughter Daniella when they attended a matinee performance at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in Auckland on April 22.
Through music and dance, the New York-based Shen Yun aims to revive China’s traditional culture, which has faded under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the last several decades. Founded in 2006, the performing arts company says it presents 5,000 years of “China before communism.”
The mother and daughter were left pondering how lucky they were to live in New Zealand and not under the tyranny of the CCP….