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‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It,’ Says Pilot After Watching Shen Yun

Jan 15, 2023

OXFORD, UK—One can expect that, as a retired pilot captain of the Royal Air Force and the former pilot of F1 superstar Ayrton Senna, Owen O’Mahony has seen a lot of incredible things. Yet there are always new things to see and experience, and Captain O’Mahony did just that when he watched Shen Yun Performing Arts in the New Theatre on Jan. 15.

“It was absolutely fabulous,” said Captain O’Mahony. “It’s so artistic, it’s colorful, it’s vibrant, superb. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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. Over the years, Shen Yun has grown from one to eight equally-sized companies that tour the world simultaneously. Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture, which was lost when the communist regime took power.

“Sadly, it’s frightening, what I’m seeing in China,” Captain O’Mahony said, referring to the Chinese Communist Party’s oppression.

China was once known as the “Land of the Divine,” and its culture was founded on the spiritual teachings of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. This was all abolished by the atheist communist government.

When asked how he felt about a divinely inspired culture, Captain O’Mahony enthusiastically said, “I like it! I could live like that!”

Captain O’Mahony attended Shen Yun with his wife, who also enjoyed the performance and described it as “wonderful, very colorful, [and] very thoughtful.”

Reporting by Mary Mann and Wandi Zhu.

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.