Tag: International Company

Shen Yun Was ‘Splendor in a Higher Realm’ Says Costume Designer

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Michelle Covington, costume designer, and Mark Covington, physician, left the theater after Shen Yun Performing Arts feeling renewed. “[You felt] elevated to a different level than the one we live on in everyday life,” said Mrs. Covington at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after the matinee on Jan. 28. “It takes…


Retired Lieutenant Colonel Touched by Shen Yun’s Integrity

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Retired Lieutenant Colonel Guy Workman and his wife Kirsten had been looking forward to attending Shen Yun Performing Arts long before the performing arts company arrived in Kansas City. After the evening performance on Jan. 27, the couple exited the Kauffman Center satisfied that Shen Yun was everything they had hoped it would…


Chinese Culture Is ‘Only Alive Because of Performances Like This,’ Says Shen Yun Patron

DENVER—An English author once said, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” If this is true, then the dance and music that Shen Yun Performing Arts is utilizing to renew China’s 5,000 years of civilization is undoubtedly mightier than an army. Adrian Hood is a connections pastor. He shared how New York-based Shen Yun showed…


Shen Yun Offers the Audience ‘Two Journeys,’ Says Company Director

DENVER—As a birthday present, company director Rachelle Moschetti brought her mother to see Shen Yun’s matinee performance at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Chinese New Year, Jan. 22. At the end of the event, she exclaimed excitedly that Shen Yun Performing Arts was “a true gift.” “I loved the performance. It was stunning, engaging,…


Shen Yun ‘Opened My Mind and Opened My Eyes,’ Says Denver Theatergoer

DENVER—2023 is the lucky Chinese year of the rabbit, and on Jan. 21, Denver theatergoers were able to celebrate this new beginning than with Shen Yun Performing Arts. Mario Hinostroza, a financial consultant at Wells Fargo, saw Shen Yun for the first time at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Jan. 21, Lunar New Year’s…


‘Embrace the Past,’ Says Artist After Seeing Shen Yun

DENVER—Karl Reeder, visual artist for Reeder Airworks attended Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Denver Performing Arts Center’s Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Saturday. He thought the performance beautiful, traditional, and educational, especially for children to see and learn. “I just think that the past is very important, and we can’t erase it. It think…


‘Embrace the Past,’ Says Visual Artist After Seeing Shen Yun

DENVER—Karl Reeder, visual artist for Reeder Airworks attended Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Denver Performing Arts Center’s Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Saturday. He thought the performance was beautiful, traditional, and educational, especially for children to see and learn. “I just think that the past is very important, and we can’t erase it. It…


Shen Yun Inspires ‘A Renewed Desire to Do Better in Life’: Surgeon

DENVER—Shen Yun Performing Arts took to the stage in Denver for the first of its five performances at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on the evening of Jan 20. Seeing Shen Yun for the first time, oral surgeon Michael Bingham thought the performance was “very talented and thought-provoking.” It offered him a peek into a…


Shen Yun ‘Makes You Think of Life Differently,’ Says CEO

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Kevin Lowther, a business developer and the CEO of Mine Vault, has always known that there is art and beauty in every aspect of life. After attending Shen Yun’s evening show at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 19, his belief deepened. “It’s an amazing journey. [Shen Yun] makes…


Former Assistant Secretary of State for the East Asian Pacific Bureau Applauds Shen Yun’s Revival of Chinese Culture

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—China has been through 5,000 years of dynasties coming and going, and only in the last 100 years has the communist party of China been in power. Yet in these short 100 years, China has become nearly unrecognizable. Shen Yun Performing Arts is striving to let the world perceive the beauty that China…