Coming from a family of artists, Marilyn Yang was exposed to classical Chinese art forms from an early age. Her two brothers were dancers and her mother was a bel canto singer, all at Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese performing arts company.
It was almost inevitable that Yang, 19, would one day follow in their footsteps. But it wasn’t until she began her professional training in classical Chinese dance in 2014, at the Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in upstate New York, that she began to understand how much it would take to become a true artist. Not only was the rigorous training physically trying, but learning how to express emotion through body movement was also challenging.
