ESCONDIDO, Calif.—“Magnificent as always,” said Anne Serdy after watching Shen Yun Performing Arts for what she estimated to be the seventh time. Serdy is a veterinarian who works at the local High Valley Veterinary Hospital. “Everything is to perfection,” she said. “The magnificent artistry and the costumes and the sparkle and the laughter and the orchestra.” New York-based Shen Yun, a company whose aim is the revival of traditional Chinese culture in its purest form, was playing at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido on Oct. 24. Classical Chinese dance, through storytelling, bequeaths the teachings, legends, and history of China’s diverse dynasties, arts, and spiritual schools from a period of 5,000 years. Shen Yun also celebrates China’s many colorful regional dances that have very distinctive features. Serdy said she enjoyed Shen Yun’s use of stage technology, with its unique digital animations that have been patented by the company. …