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CHICAGO—John Vishneski, a conductor and clarinet player himself, was pleasantly surprised to learn that most of the pieces ...

CHICAGO—Chief Financial Officer Joe Thielmann was enchanted by the music and colors that he experienced during Shen Yun ...

CHICAGO—Brian Logan's first impression was a good one. “Its wonderful, I love the energy of the music and ...

CHICAGO—Business executive Jeff Welch has been to China many times for work, but watching Shen Yun Performing Arts ...

CHICAGO—Theology professor Gilbert Ostdiek has always been intrigued by the power of non-verbal expression. Watching Shen Yun Performing Arts ...

CHICAGO---Just a couple of days after Christmas, the Portis family attended a performance by Shen Yun Performing Arts. ...

"It was a surprise; I didn't expect such a beautiful combination of Western and Asian culture. Fascinating. It’s ...

"I think [the Shen Yun Orchestra] is wonderful. The mixture of the instruments from China and the Western ...

"It was great. It was probably the best performance I have ever been to. Because, I felt it ...

"I have come here the last three times [the Shen Yun Orchestra] have been here and enjoyed it ...

“[Shen Yun Orchestra musicians] are quite good, very organized, … a great, enjoyable experience. [The music] is a ...

"It is wonderful! They really did an excellent and superb job. We really enjoyed it. It's [outstanding] just ...

"[Shen Yun is] very interesting, very unique, and very spiritual." "It’s very inspirational, and it’s very good for ...

"I loved the show. It was something unique, something like I’ve never seen before. It was like they ...

"It’s very interesting. I love the historical aspect to it. The physicality of the dancers is really impressive." ...

"I'm from Florida, but I am visiting my daughter and granddaughter here, and they had gotten tickets. I ...

"I can say [that] technically they are incredible. I like what they do. Technically, it looks very good—it ...

"I didn’t know anything about traditional Chinese dance, and so for me this was really very, very different ...

"Very impressed. I am enjoying the costumes, the singing, the dancing, the choreography. It’s all amazing." "It’s amazing ...

"It was beautiful. In Western culture we don’t really get in touch with our souls very often but ...

"[Shen Yun] is a beautiful display of Chinese pageantry and dance, and it’s just very emotional going through ...

"It was very, very, very good. We had actually just visited China last year, and … that exposure ...

"I was very moved by the performance. It was a lot of fun, very colorful, and particularly the ...

"I liked the way the piano combines with the voice, all the nice arpeggios and the accompaniments that ...

"It’s very, very interesting, visually very powerful. There’s a lot of subtlety... with facial expressions and the tilting ...

"It's important always to look at history and the culture, and I think the dancers look beautiful, the ...

"We’re having a great time because it’s so energetic, and the same time the dancers are so beautiful." ...