CINCINNATI, Ohio—For JP Davies, Shen Yun Performing Arts was “the most beautiful spectacle” he has ever seen. “Everything about it was wonderful,” he said after seeing the performance at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati on Feb. 26. Based in New York, Shen Yun aims to revive China’s culture that has been all but destroyed through decades of communist rule in China. The performing arts company presents classical Chinese dance, accompanied by a unique orchestra that combines classical Western and traditional Chinese instruments, hundreds of colorful costumes, and beautiful animated backdrops that create exhilarating scenes and allow interaction with the dancers on stage through a patented technology. Mr. Davies said he is sad that Shen Yun can’t perform in China because it’s under the control of the communist regime. “That’s deeply unfortunate, because it was beautiful—it was beautiful in so many ways,” he said. Mr. Davies also noted the …