SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—Although everyone knows that China is a big nation under the rule of communism, not everyone knows exactly what that means or what it looks like. Shen Yun Performing Arts are using dance and music to express different sides of China as it was in its glory days as well as during…
University Dean Moved by the Depth of Shen Yun
GUADALAJARA, Mexico—It isn’t often that we come across a performance that makes us wonder about our role in this world. For Dr. Ricardo Villanueva Lomeli, dean of the University of Guadalajara, experiencing Shen Yun Performing Arts did just that for him. “I think that in each passage you discover things, all the messages they give…
Shen Yun Brings Back Values Missing From Modern Life, Says International College Educator
ADELAIDE, Australia—Director of Veritas College International Dawie van Vuuren said he treasured Shen Yun Performing Arts’ inner message of truth and kindness from China’s rich spiritual heritage. “So much of art in the world today is demoralising and destructive, [but] this is truly uplifting,” Mr. Vuuren said after watching the performance on May 10. Mr. Vuuren was…
Shen Yun Brings Back Values Missing From Modern Life, Says International College Director
ADELAIDE, Australia—Director of Veritas College International Dawie van Vuuren said he treasured Shen Yun Performing Arts’ inner message of truth and kindness from China’s rich spiritual heritage. “So much of art in the world today is demoralising and destructive, [but] this is truly uplifting,” Mr. Vuuren said after watching the performance on May 10. Mr. Vuuren was…
Architect and Photographer: Shen Yun Is a ‘Spiritual’ Experience
LONG BEACH, Calif.—When architect Jerry came to the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on the afternoon of May 7, he was admiring his own work as well as the artistry of Shen Yun Performing Arts. He designed parts of the theater complex where he and his wife are regular attendees. Mr. Sherman and his wife Nancy are…
Shen Yun Is ‘Exquisite, Phenomenal, Flawless,’ Says Kentucky Audience
RICHMOND, Ky.—Elizabeth Burton, a marketing leader with Amazon, and her family were delighted by Shen Yun at the EKU Center for the Arts on May 8. “I loved it, I thought it was beautiful. The colors and the costumes were exquisite … the dancing was phenomenal,” she said. Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing…
Former Ballet Dancer Amazed by Grace, Athleticism of Shen Yun’s Dancers
LONGBEACH, Calif.—Deanne Brown, a former professional ballet dancer, was impressed by Shen Yun Performing Arts as it performed in Long Beach, California. The combination of grace and athleticism of the performers was spectacular, she said. Ms. Brown was attending the performance at the Terrace Theater with Richard Newton, a retired firefighter. “To have strength is…
Former Diplomat Travels From California to Rhode Island to See Shen Yun With Mom on Mother’s Day
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Jeffrey Doucette on Sunday traveled all the way from California just to see Shen Yun Performing Arts play at Rhode Island’s Providence Performing Arts Center with his mother. Mr. Doucette is a retired diplomat who has travelled extensively. He formerly worked in the U.S. Embassy in Paris. He accompanied his mother to see…
Professor of Law ‘Revitalised’ After Watching Shen Yun
GOLD COAST, Australia—Gabriël Moens, an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland and Member of the Order of Australia (AM), one of Australia’s highest honours, said he admired the skills, abilities, and enthusiasm of the performers in Shen Yun Performing Arts. “The performance was absolutely dazzling,” Professor Moens said after watching Shen Yun perform…
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Real Chinese Culture ‘So Much More Than’ the CCP, South Australian Greens Parliamentary Leader Says
Adelaide—Australia, For many who come to see the annual performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts it is like seeing through a window into the traditional culture of China. For South Australia’s Legislative Council member and political leader, Tammy Franks, it was so much more. Ms. Franks, who is the parliamentary leader of the South Australian Greens…