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‘It’s Wonderful’: Biotech CEO Says After Seeing Shen Yun

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Bill Enright, CEO of the biotech company Vaccitech, thought Shen Yun Performing Arts is “beautiful” after seeing the company perform at The Kennedy Center Opera House on Jan. 28. “I’m quite enjoying it,” Mr. Enright said. “It’s wonderful.” Bill and Renee Enright at the Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center Opera House on…


‘It’s a Bold Statement’: Cincinnati Audience Impressed by Shen Yun

CINCINNATI—Robert Wilson, a computer software engineer, and Kristen Wilson, a human resource business partner saw Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time at the Aronoff Center for the Arts on Jan. 28, and had such a wonderful time that Mr. Wilson said that he “would definitely come back in a heartbeat.” “It’s an incredible…


‘There Are No Words That Can Describe My Happiness,’ Says Entrepreneur After Shen Yun

NAGOYA, Japan—A Japanese entrepreneur said he was completely conquered by Shen Yun after attending the performing arts at the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater in Nagoya on Jan. 28. “All programs are touching. There are no words that can describe my happiness,” said Mr. Suzuki Hideyuki, the president of a printing house. “From the moment the…


Shen Yun: ‘I Wish That Every American Could See This,’ Says Cincinnati Patron

CINCINNATI—Russell Hufford, stockbroker, and Ashley Hufford, personal finance coach, were impressed and emboldened by Shen Yun Performing Arts. From Elsmere, Kentucky, the Huffords and came to see Shen Yun, for the first time, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati on Jan. 28. “It was simply amazing … beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,” said Mr….


Japanese Audience Members Saw Origin of Japanese Culture in Shen Yun

NAGOYA, Japan—Several Japanese theatergoers said they found the origin of their own culture in Shen Yun, which is in the Tang Dynasty back between the 7th and 10th centuries. “There’s one dance in which the female dancers are like the resurrected heavenly maidens on the lamps in Tōdai-ji in Nara,” said Ms. Asaji Tomoko, a…


Shen Yun Brings Hope for the Future, Say Kansas City Theatergoers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—For Tim Thompson, his wife, Jonamie, and their daughter, Shen Yun Performing Arts was an emotional and uplifting experience. “It was fantastic,” Mr. Thompson said at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after the Jan. 28 matinee. “The classical dancing, the music, the singing, everything that we saw and heard, we really…


Shen Yun Shows the Audience What Is Actually Happening in China

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—It was the best of China, it was the worst of China; Shen Yun Performing Arts did not shy away from presenting to its audiences what China was like in ancient times, and what has been happening in China in the modern day. Shen Yun performed at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts,…


Choreographer Inspired by Shen Yun: ‘Beautiful, It’s Beautiful’

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Elena Indrokova Jones is the artistic director and choreographer of a dance company Four Season Dancers which promotes traditional ethnic dances. On Jan. 28, she walked out of the Kennedy Center’s Shen Yun Performing Arts’ matinee singing the praises of these New York-based dancers. “Beautiful. It’s beautiful,” Ms. Jones said. With over 20 years…


Shen Yun Was ‘Splendor in a Higher Realm’ Says Costume Designer

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Michelle Covington, costume designer, and Mark Covington, physician, left the theater after Shen Yun Performing Arts feeling renewed. “[You felt] elevated to a different level than the one we live on in everyday life,” said Mrs. Covington at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after the matinee on Jan. 28. “It takes…


Providence Family Sends Shen Yun Their Love and Good Wishes for Freedom

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Nydam family, Richard, Barbara, and Ellie, attended a matinee performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts in the William Saroyan Theater on Jan. 28, 2023, and came away from the performance with love in their hearts for the music and dance company’s performers. Barbara said the dances were wonderful, especially “the smiles on everyone’s…