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Spokane Audience Loves Shen Yun’s Representation of Chinese Culture

SPOKANE, Wash.—History is a powerful thing if we take time to understand and learn from it. Aaron Dailey is a college history teacher. He shared that Shen Yun Performing Arts is doing a wonderful job of reviving Chinese culture. “It’s beautiful. There’s nothing like it in the world. The culture, the music,” said Mr. Dailey….


Everybody Who Sees Shen Yun Leaves With Something Special, Says Delaware State Representative

PHILADELPHIA—On the evening of April 12, Shen Yun Performing Arts opened the first of its seven consecutive shows at the Miller Theater. Sitting in the sold-out audience was Delaware House minority leader Rep. Mike Ramone. State Rep. Ramone thoroughly enjoyed the show and thought the performance was “an educational yet artistic experience.” “It was just…


Shen Yun Communicates a Divine Beauty That Moves Hearts, Says Singer

NEW YORK—Audrey Fernandez Fraser, a singer, composer, and co-artistic director of the Christopher Street Collegium, saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Lincoln Center on April 12. She is well-versed in bringing sacred songs to life, and she was pleasantly surprised to see that Shen Yun had more than dance in its performances with bel canto singing,…


Shen Yun ‘Transported Me to a Land of Wonders,’ Says Singer

TEL AVIV, Israel—Doron Stein, a partner at accounting firm BDO, saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Israeli Opera House and left enchanted. “The performance showcases amazing art that, as we hear here, is 5,000 years old. It’s very, very rare,” he said after the April 12 matinee.  Shen Yun’s mission is to revive the 5,000…


‘They Give A Lot of Breath and Life’: Shen Yun Audience Member

SPOKANE, Wash.—Classical Chinese dance is an ancient style of dance, but it’s only started receiving recognition in recent years. Since the inception of Shen Yun Performing Arts in 2006, more and more people have been embracing and coming to understand this unique and versatile dance style. “It’s fabulous. It’s vibrant and colorful. And I love…


Shen Yun ‘Shows How Strong Chinese Culture Is,’ Says Former Ballerina

ATHENS, Ga.—Former ballerina Amara Duckett and her husband Thomas attended Shen Yun’s evening performance at The Classic Center on the evening of April 11. It has been a few years since Mrs. Duckett last danced, but she said watching Shen Yun made her itch to do it again. “It’s absolutely stunning. Everything about it is…


Shen Yun ‘So Incredible and so Precious,’ Says Magazine Editor

TEL AVIV, Israel—Udit Belkine, a journalist and editor, brought her young daughter to Shen Yun Performing Arts to experience art that aims to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. The little one was on the edge of her seat the whole time, Ms. Belkin said. “The story is so full,” she said after seeing a…


Shen Yun Shows French Audience Something ‘Transcendental’

NANTES, France—The best of traditional Chinese culture was back at the Cité des Congrès where the Shen Yun Performing Arts Global Company took to the stage in Nantes from April 3 to 5. On Wednesday, April 5, Hélène Chevillotte, a commercial editor, was among the spectators. “It’s a wonderful show! I really admired the costumes,…


Shen Yun Gives a ‘Sensation of Joy,’ Says Hospital Department Director

FLORENCE, Italy—Jacopo Nori, doctor and director of the breast cancer unit at Careggi University Hospital, knows how uplifting beauty can be, as the halls of his unit are lined with beautiful photos of Florence precisely to help uplift patients. On April 10, he felt uplifted by the power of beauty himself, attending the matinee performance…


Shen Yun Music ‘Very Fluid, a Beautiful Achievement,’ Says Art Exhibition Coordinator

FLORENCE, Italy—Linda Pacifici, who coordinates exhibitions for the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, a major art exhibitor based out of Florence, enjoyed a trip through time and space into a culture worlds away from the one with which she was familiar. “It’s profoundly different,” she said of the aesthetics of Chinese civilization as she saw in Shen…