STAMFORD, Conn.—John Connor Blow walked out of the theater with his arms raised, moved with profound emotion and gratitude. “Thank you so much. I loved that show so much, I was crying,” Blow said, after seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut, on June 26, 2021. “I was moved to tears in joy,” Bowl said. “I just wish I could see it again … Last year, I dreamed about Shen Yun so much, and it never made me give up. And it’s changed my life.” Blow was one of many ticketholders who had been looking forward to New York-based Shen Yun’s unique production for about a year, when the pandemic hit and put the performing arts profession on pause worldwide. It’s a production that promises to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization—namely, the divinely-inspired China that existed before communism. Banned in China Mary O’Dell, an …