BENTONVILLE, Ark.—As the Director of Visual & Performing Arts for Bentonville School District, Marty Reynolds oversees the arts education of some 20,000 students, and liases with the arts communities to seek out what is the best.
In Shen Yun Performing Arts, he saw excellence and humanity.
“It’s very colorful, very dramatic, lots of storytelling. I really enjoyed watching the athleticism of the dancers and the crisp choreography. So it’s really great, really great performance,” he said, noting the props and long sleeves in some of the dances which enhanced expression. “There’s such an elongation to everything, and the way that the choreography is built, the dance is built. To be able to reflect the costuming and the simulation of water is really powerful.”…