Shen Yun Performing Arts: The Significant Cultural Event of Our Time

GOYANG, South Korea—Shen Yun Performing Arts World Company kicked off the first leg of its 2019 South Korea tour by presenting two full house performances in Goyang City on March 17, 2019. Aiming to revive  a once almost-lost culture, Shen Yun’s inspiring performance with perfect skills and seamless coordination deeply touched the audiences in Goyang […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Dancer and choreographer Bonnie Henderson has seen her fair share of dance performances, but none came close to what she witnessed at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater on March 17. “Extraordinary. I can’t even describe how I feel, the gratitude for seeing this amazing production. It’s the best I’ve ever […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—When retired surgeon Nance Whitaker attended Shen Yun Performing Arts with her family, she could sense divine nature in the performance. “[The divine nature] just emanated through every dance, every hand movement, even the colors of the costumes, from the backdrop, it just emanated; and I felt like everyone that was in this performance […]

NEW YORK—Renowned musicologist and music professor Dr. Arbie Orenstein is familiar with great performances. He has taught at Queens College for almost 50 years and has worked with famous choreographers. When he experienced Shen Yun Performing Arts, he was captivated by the performers’ artistry from their elegant dance movements to the notes that graced the […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Dance is something very close to Charity Huffaker’s heart, so a family outing to see Shen Yun Performing Arts was not something to take lightly. The evening’s event began in the morning, where everyone got ready, and the girls went out to get their hair done. “My mom loves it so much she’s […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Though young, Lily Giere is already a connoisseur of the performing arts. Having practiced ballet and jazz, and sat among the audience at operas, ballets, and a variety of other dance performances, she knew what to look for when she saw Shen Yun Performing Arts. “The show was really great … all the flips […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Utah State Senator Jake Anderegg has two daughters adopted from China, and on March 16 he brought them to see Shen Yun Performing Arts as a way to connect with the Chinese culture. “I wanted them to experience their culture tonight,” Anderegg said at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater. “This […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Musicians Ashley Lochead and Linda Allison found in Shen Yun Performing Arts layers of meaning and beauty. “I thought it was fascinating, the concept of the light and dark, I thought it was a really wonderful way to reach people with deep concepts, by bringing people in with art,” said Lochead. Allison thought similarly, […]

NEW YORK—This year was the second time that Hon. Gregory P. Peterson, Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections and law firm partner, and his wife Patricia have seen Shen Yun Performing Arts. The first time was around five years ago, and after finally being reacquainted with the performance, the couple praised the […]

SALT LAKE CITY—It was the colorful costumes that caught the eye of the Mayor of Price City in Utah Michael Kourianos when the curtain first rose on the dancers of Shen Yun Performing Arts. “The costumes are just out this world,” said Kourianos after attending the performance with his wife at George S. and Dolores Doré […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—For Beverley Cox, vice president of human resources at Octapharma, just hearing the music of Shen Yun Performing Arts gave her a sense of being in China. “It’s wonderful,” she said. “Just hearing the orchestra when it started gave me goosebumps. So I think it’s fascinating to see the Chinese culture portrayed through dance. […]

NEW YORK—Personal trainer and fitness educator Christina LaGrega had a personal reason for attending Shen Yun Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York, with her two young children. Her grandparents are from Hong Kong, but growing up in the United States LaGrega did not get the chance to experience authentic Chinese culture. So once she […]

NEW YORK—Luxury marketing business leader Rosanna Giacalone thoroughly enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts as the dance company brought back China’s ancient culture onto the stage of David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, New York. “We love it. It’s wonderful,” Giacalone said after watching the performance with her companion Martin on March 15. “It’s actually everything that we […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Violinist and composer Francine Potter attended a performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts with a friend, and at one moment, she turned so she could see his reaction to the wonders on stage as well, and saw a tear roll down his cheek. “But they were happy tears,” Potter said, because by the […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—James Abel writes memoirs and specializes in historical accounts, which often means delving deep into research of world-changing eras, like World War II, or the Holocaust, or the Civil Rights movement. On March 15, he experienced a deep dive into ancient Chinese civilization through Shen Yun Performing Arts. “It’s remarkable how many different little […]

LAS VEGAS—David Jenner, national account vice president at Tri-State, took his wife LeAnna, a singer, to the matinee performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts on March 9. “It was amazing, absolutely amazing. I was just blown away. It was far more that I even expected,” said Mr. […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Keith McCann is a catastrophe insurance adjuster, so work took him to San Francisco last year because of the fires. While he was there, he saw a brilliantly colored poster, and knew he had to see Shen Yun Performing Arts. He called his daughter in Salt Lake City, hoping she could fly out […]

SALT LAKE CITY—When Dale Ure saw Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time, with his daughters, he was moved deeply in learning how much he had in common with the Chinese people. “I would hope that a good portion of America could see the close relationship that exists between the Chinese people and our […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—The traditional Chinese culture is believed to be divinely inspired, and Shen Yun Performing Arts, the dance and music company bringing the nearly-lost culture back to life, was named for their wish to capture in their art “the beauty of divine beings dancing.” “Absolutely I think [Shen Yun] captured it perfectly,” said Marita Valentine, […]

FAIRFAX, Va.—It was the first time Migle Gineityte had seen classical Chinese dance, but the ballroom dance instructor who grew up with ballet soon picked up on the language of this particular dance form, recognizing the meaning in repeated movements, and the personality behind the steps. “It was interesting to see certain walking elements, certain […]

NEW YORK—Being a board member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Lorraine Oler is a patron of the arts and has been delighted by many dance productions so far in her lifetime. One of these productions was Shen Yun Performing Arts, which she saw at The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on March […]

NEW YORK—The beauty and harmony of colors was a great reason Afrose Resauladin wanted to attend a performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts for her birthday. When Mrs. Resauladin attended the performance with her husband, Lincoln, they witnessed a beauty so majestic that the experience became transcendental. “Where do you start to pinpoint any of […]

FAIRFAX, Va.—Having seen Shen Yun Performing Arts, Leslie Hoffman said she would be taking home the feeling of happiness. “It was a joyful show and I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the performances. The talent is remarkable. It is all very well done,” Hoffman said. Hoffman, an award-winning attorney, brought Jenna Meink to see Shen Yun […]

NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts brings 5,000 years of Chinese civilization to life, but it is more that just history, it is about real human stories that are universal at its core. “I saw people in pain, I saw people happy, traditions, journeys, and some were searching for their own ways as they were going […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Carolina Gutierrez had been waiting four years to see Shen Yun Performing Arts, and when she finally made it, she felt it was an awakening. “It reminds me what is it to have passion for dance, the precision and definitely what it means to have passion for dance. You see it in these dancer, […]

NEW YORK—Actor Al Sapienza hadn’t a specific idea of what sort of content Shen Yun Performing Arts would present, but after the two hour performance, he’d been shown the Ming Dynasty to the Mongolian grasslands to a palace on the moon. “It’s brilliantly presented,” said Sapienza, who attended the matinee at Lincoln Center with his […]

GOLD COAST, Australia—A Queensland Member of Parliament has extended his deepest gratitude to Shen Yun Performing Arts for sharing the magical world of ancient China with the Gold Coast, at the city’s third and last performance on March 13, 2019. Queensland Member for Bonney Sam O’Connor thanked the entire Shen Yun dance company for showcasing […]