Category: World Company

Shen Yun Dancers Amaze Investment Manager

LONDON—”I think the dancers are made of rubber! They are so supple. It’s amazing,” said Ibtissem Cole, investment manager. She and her husband James Cole, chairman of a waste business, were among the audience at the Shen Yun Performing Arts’ matinee on March 13. Shen Yun is a New York-based performing arts company presenting 5,000 years of…


Shen Yun Brings Ancient Chinese Civilization to Life: London Lawyer

LONDON, UK—Shen Yun has brought China’s millennia-old civilization to life and is both beautiful and thought-provoking, a London-based financial lawyer said. Shen Yun, based in New York, has been using live arts to showcase China’s traditional culture before communism. It presents story-based dances, colorful costumes, an orchestra that combines classical Western and traditional Chinese instruments,…


‘With Grace, Comes Hope,’ Says Psychotherapist on Shen Yun

LONDON, U.K.—Different cultures around the world have their own spiritual beliefs. Shen Yun Performing Arts have been using movement and music to convey the spirit of China to audiences around the world. “I think on a spiritual level because I have a holistic approach to my own understanding of life, I was quite moved by…


Welsh Baronness: Shen Yun ‘Brings Culture to Life in a Very Powerful Way’

LONDON, UK—Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff was among the audience at the March 6 matinee of Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Eventim Apollo. She called the classical Chinese dance event “a great visual and emotional experience.” “It’s a magnificent show with the most incredible dancing and acrobatics. And it really brings the culture to…


Baroness: Shen Yun ‘Brings Culture to Life in a Very Powerful Way’

LONDON, UK—Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff was among the audience at the March 6 matinee of Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Eventim Apollo. She called the classical Chinese dance event “a great visual and emotional experience.” “It’s a magnificent show with the most incredible dancing and acrobatics. And it really brings the culture to…


‘You Don’t Think It’s Real’: London Film Producer Describes ‘Magical’ Shen Yun Experience

London, UK—Watching Shen Yun was a “magical” experience, said a London-based film producer and actor, who said the show was so exquisitely produced that he almost thought it was a film. After seeing the performance at London’s Eventim Apollo, Jimi Tihofsi said: “It’s magical! You don’t think it’s real!” Shen Yun presents story-based dances, colorful…


London: Shen Yun Bravely Brings Back Chinese Culture

LONDON, UK—Londoners were out for a night of cultural revival on March 4 at the Eventim Apollo. Shen Yun, the New York-based classical Chinese dance and music performance, is in town. Financial adviser, Richard King was “mind-blown” from the moment the curtain went up. “The opening scene when you just see it, all the costumes and…


Shen Yun Shows a Message of ‘Courage’

LONDON, UK–With a splash of color and soaring music, Shen Yun Performing Arts lit up the day for thousands of theatergoers at the Eventim Apollo this week. Bruce Potter works in psychiatric care in the NHS. He and his wife Maureen Potter, finance systems manager at University for the Creative Arts, attended the March 5 Shen Yun…


Shen Yun Is ‘Performance Beyond All Performances’: Top Executive

LONDON, UK—A top executive of a multinational tech firm enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts so much last time around that he took his family to see the show again this year and said he will come again next year as well. Andy Castle is a London-based vice-president of Network Operations and Engineering at Equinix, an…


British Peers Won Over by Shen Yun’s Portrayal of Chinese Traditions

LONDON, UK—Shen Yun Performing Arts’ portrayal of China’s 5,000-year civilization has won praise from some members of Britain’s House of Lords. Robin Bridgeman, the 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, and his wife Harriet were at the March 3 performance. “Marvelous dancing, but a mixture with all the sadness of present-day communist China. But unbelievably good,” Viscount Bridgeman said….