NEW YORK—Citi Habitats realtor Juan Esteban Rodriguez saw in Shen Yun Performing Arts more than a colorful display of silk costumes and classical Chinese dance. After watching the New York-based company perform at Lincoln Center on Wednesday night, he reflected on its deeper meaning.
“They definitely resonate with my own upbringing, [with] the core values of honesty, of friendliness, of good virtues,” said Mr. Rodriguez.
Shen Yun revives 5,000 years of Chinese culture held to be divinely inspired. The artistic forms are inseparable from the Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian principals that shaped them, according to explanations given on Shen Yun’s website.
Mr. Rodriguez said the performance was “fulfilling to my heart.”
The final song by soprano Haolan Geng, titled “Speaking of Predestination,” touched him.
“It really brought tears to my eyes. I don’t remember the words, the translation, but the music combined with the words that I read were very stirring to me,” said Mr. Rodriguez, mentioning the way the Chinese lyrics were translated on the backdrop. “I highly recommend it,” he said. “[It is] spiritually very fulfilling.”
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