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‘We Couldn’t Wait to See It’: Retired Banker Inspired by Shen Yun

HARTFORD, Conn.—Craig Clausen, former senior vice president at JP Morgan and other major banks, is among the many Shen Yun Performing Arts audience members this year who felt they finally attained a long-awaited experience. “I’ve wanted to see this for a long, long time,” said Mr. Clausen, who attended the Shen Yun matinee on Feb….


Shen Yun an Experience of ‘Great Spiritual Transcendence,’ Says Deputy Director

SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic—Deputy director of Information and Press of the Presidency Lucildo Gómez watched Shen Yun Performing Arts on Feb. 6 at the Grand Theater of Cibao Restoration Hall. Mr. Gómez said that the performance surpassed his expectations, and highly praised Shen Yun. “It was a phenomenon of great excellence, of great technique, of great…


Shen Yun Showed the ‘Golden Age’ We Are Waiting For, Says Theater Director

SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic—Shen Yun Performing Arts had just finished its performances in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, to great acclaim. After receiving praise from leaders in the arts and country at the Eduardo Brito National Theater, New York-based Shen Yun was set to visit Santiago. On Feb. 6, the world’s top classical…


Shen Yun Is ‘An Unprecedented Contribution,’ Says Dominican Orchestra Director

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—Jose Antonio Molina, conductor, pianist, composer, is the director of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic that makes its home the Eduardo Brito National Theater. But on Feb. 3, Mr. Molina appeared not for rehearsals but a refreshing evening at the theater. Seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts, Mr. Molina was…


Shen Yun’s Mission Is ‘Worthy of Praise’: Dominican Republic Former Minister of Culture

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—The former Minister of Culture and an art critic to boot, Carmen Heredia knows a good performance when she sees one. Following Shen Yun’s evening show at the Eduardo Brito National Theater on Feb. 2, Ms. Heredia gave her verdict that it was a spectacular and beautiful performance. “It’s a show worth…


Shen Yun an ‘Exquisite Presentation’ Needed for ‘This World so Besieged by Totalitarianism’ Says Dominican Republic Dignitary

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—When the curtain opened for Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Eduardo Brito National Theater, Pelegrin Castillo felt it carried “a very necessary message for this world so besieged by totalitarianisms of different signs.” New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of leading Chinese artists who had fled…


Rhode Island Audience Appreciates Beauty of Shen Yun

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—“The beauty of divine beings dancing”—that is what Shen Yun Performing Arts’ name means, and it was the beauty of Shen Yun’s performance that Chris Vallas, a commercial property owner, appreciated the most when he watched Shen Yun at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Jan. 29. “The show was beautiful,” said Mr. Vallas….


Shen Yun ‘Expresses Everything With Truth, Love, and Light,’ Says Business Owner

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— If you ask business owner Greta Almeida what inspired her the most after watching Shen Yun at the Providence Performing Arts Center on the evening of Jan. 28, she would answer that it’s the dedication and integrity of the artists. “They’re all in unity but they also need to have their spirituality and…


Shen Yun ‘Beautiful, Powerful, It’s Full of Emotions,’ Says Raleigh Theatergoer

RALEIGH, N.C.—Jim and Michelle Episale enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts on Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Mr. Episale, a data architect for IBM, and Mrs. Episale, an elementary instructional assistant, enjoyed their first time seeing Shen Yun. Jim said, “It’s very beautiful, powerful. It’s…


Shen Yun ‘Much Higher’ Than Just Entertainment, Says Executive

RALEIGH, N.C.—Tracy Deans, an IT executive with a financial company, says there’s something deep in Shen Yun Performing Arts that makes it more than just a beautiful dance performance. “It adds an additional element that you see, this faith element coming through their dance,” said Mr. Deans, who saw Shen Yun with his daughter, Emily,…