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Professor Says Shen Yun Touched His Heart

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Professor Says Shen Yun Touched His Heart
Reo McBride attends Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Fla., on May 21, 2022. Nancy Ma/The Epoch Times
ORLANDO, Fla.—Reo McBride, a professor of design at Full Sail University, was touched by Shen Yun Performing Arts in Orlando at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on May 21.

“It touches the spirit—it’s beautiful. When I was listening and watching, it brought tears to my eyes,” he said.

“A lot of what we’re seeing here brings truth to my own religious belief about every human having a divine purpose and this production shows that,” he added.

Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company. Based in New York, Shen Yun aims to revive 5,000 years of Chinese traditional culture and features folk dances, solo performances, and story-based pieces that tell tales from ancient times to the modern-day.

The company’s website says this year’s theme is “China before communism.”

“It shows the good that existed before and can exist again in China if things are able to change,” Mr. McBride said.

As a former missionary in Taiwan, Mr. McBride recalled a saying, “We learn to love those whom we serve, and learn to serve those whom we love.”

“What we are seeing tonight in Shen Yun,” he said, “is they are serving us and we are loving that because it’s showing the good in the heavens that God meant to show for his children.”

Shen Yun also shared one story-based dance depicting the persecution of Falun Dafa, also called Falun Gong—a Chinese self-improvement practice rooted in the philosophies of Buddhism and Daoism, which it summarises in its teachings as the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

China’s ruling communist party launched a persecution against Falun Gong in 1999 and its adherents have since been subject to unprecedented imprisonment, torture, defamation, and murder for their organs.

Reflecting on the dance piece portraying the state-sanctioned crimes of forced organ harvesting from Falun Dafa prisoners of conscience in China, Mr. McBride said it was “symbolic of the resurrection.”

“It really touched my heart when she came back to life,” he said, “Justice and mercy were shown at the time—especially mercy.”

“If you believe in God and you have faith, He will help you. That is what the show is showing here,” he added. “Many people have forgotten that, and this is a reminder that these are truths, these are principles that never change.”

Mr. McBride also wanted to thank the artistic director of Shen Yun for “bringing good to our lives and showing us what once was and hopefully can be again.”
Reporting by Nancy Ma and Jennifer Schneider.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
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