BYDGOSZCZ, Poland—A packed auditorium and a standing ovation—that’s how Poles welcomed New York’s Shen Yun Performing Arts on Monday evening, Feb. 27, at Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, a city the company is visiting for the first time.
Bogusław Woźniak, university teacher at the University of Warmia and Mazury, and director of the Academic Center for Culture and Promotion, was a dancer for almost 30 years. Mr. Woźniak praised the dancers’ “artistry, virtuosity, flawless technique and superb training—because to dance like this, you must practice for a very long time. I am aware of how much heart, love, and tremendous number of hours of work had to be put into it to dance like this.”…