Kitchener-Waterloo

Cam Guthrie, the recently elected Mayor of Guelph, discovered classical Chinese dance Monday night at Centre In The Square when Shen Yun Performing Arts took to the stage there for the first of two shows in Kitchener.

Dancer Ruth Andersen, who has been teaching dance for over 20 years, was highly impressed by the calibre of the dancers in the Shen Yun Performing Arts show she attended at Centre In The Square on Wednesday.

Shen Yun Performing Arts World Company takes a curtain call at Centre In the Square in Kitchener, Ontario, on Jan. 14, 2014.

Mr. Woodworth came out on Wednesday night to see the New York-based company present its 2014 performance, just as he had in previous years.

As a business owner and career counsellor, Brinell Coelho knows that helping others can be a most rewarding endeavour.

“ It was like nothing I’ve ever seen before,” said musical actor and baritone Tim Clarke.

It was the fifth time that interior decorator Veronika Emrich and her husband came to enjoy Shen Yun.

Art dealer finds Shen Yun marvellous and “rich in colour and theatrics and storytelling.”

“I found myself smiling, I found myself teary, it’s wonderful,” said author Rachelle Hunt-McPhail.

Something about Shen Yun makes people want to be better people, said one musician who attended the show.

For former dean of arts at the University of Waterloo Brian Hendley, Shen Yun was a surprise he thoroughly enjoyed.

Two dancers that took in Shen Yun Performing Arts’ sold-out show at Centre in the Square theatre were full of praise.

Director and theatre veteran Preston Sisk said Shen Yun Performing Arts was an unprecedented experience.

Ballet dancer Aaliya Embro said she felt blessed to have seen Shen Yun at Centre in the Square theatre Thursday night.

MP Stephen Woodworth is impressed by the talent and discipline of Shen Yun’s dancers each year that he returns, he said.

The president of a sizeable fabrication business said Shen Yun left her feeling peaceful.