CLEVELAND—Shen Yun Performing Arts is on a mission. After watching Shen Yun at The State Theatre at Playhouse Square on Feb. 4, physician Eric Dudenhoefer was able to justify that Shen Yun’s performers have internalized this mission and that their sense of purpose can be visibly seen in their expressions.
“It’s fantastic,” Mr. Dudenhoefer said of the performance. “Very strong. Very joyful … I think both the men and the women dancers just show an inner strength and sense of history, and pride in that history.”
Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture and to present the beauty of China before communism. Based in New York, Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by leading Chinese artists and quickly became the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company….