WASHINGTON D.C.—Holly Horning, a former classical ballet dancer, watched Shen Yun Performing Arts at The Kennedy Center Opera House on Jan. 24. Though it has been many years since she has danced professionally, Ms. Horning said she still appreciates and studies dance, and can still “tell the different levels of dance and companies.” She was impressed by what Shen Yun presented.
“It’s exquisite, it was top-notch,” said Ms. Horning. “The extension, the air time, just the length that dancers create with their arms and their legs and the attitude—it was just beautiful.”
“The show is wonderful. As a former classical ballet dancer, I really appreciated the dance, the technique, the extension, everything was just exquisite.”
Based in New York, Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by leading Chinese artists and quickly became the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture and to show its audiences the beauty of China before the communist rule.
Scott Cameron, an independent management consultant who attended Shen Yun with Ms. Horning, said he appreciated “the commentary on what’s happening in communist China now. It wasn’t heavy-handed, but it was good to hear and understand.”
“This [Shen Yun] is a must-see,” said Ms. Horning. “Between the music and the dance and just the culture, and I think especially to the significance about the past, what’s going on now, and the future, it’s very timely.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
