TEL AVIV, Israel—Hannah Samira, CEO of a tech company, was familiar with ancient Chinese culture and principles; in fact, she referenced some of its philosophies, including “The Art of War” in her own work. But she knew little about how China today is ruled, and found Shen Yun Performing Arts an eye-opening experience.
“It’s the most beautiful performance I’ve ever seen. I was very impressed,” said Ms. Samira at the Shlomo Lahat Opera House the evening of April 9.
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company, and takes as its mission to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through the arts. In recent years, the performance has been billed as one showing a “China before communism.”…