ROSEMONT, Ill.—The Egals had long wanted to see Shen Yun Performing Arts, and it was every bit as beautiful as they could have hoped for when they finally saw it at the Rosemont Theater on April 20.
Mrs. Egal agreed, and added that it was “deeply touching.”
With Shen Yun’s dance and music presentation of China’s ancient culture, Mrs. Egals keenly felt what China had really lost under communism.
“It’s heartbreaking just to know it,” she said. “I think that this [Shen Yun] is a wonderful way to get the word out.”
“I feel for them,” Mr. Egals said. “They hopefully will overcome this scourge of communism that’s ruling over them now. That’s all we can pray for. I think in the end, communism always does fail.”
The couple said that though the situation was tragic, Shen Yun inspired hope.“The Chinese Communist government doesn’t want anything to be more meaningful in the people’s hearts than them. They want to be the be-all and end-all of the reality in this world. But they’re not. They can’t destroy the spiritual divine. They may destroy the bodies of people, but they will never destroy the spirits of the people. And I think it’s extremely inspirational,” Mrs. Egals said.“And I think that people in our country could learn so much from this. Because the one thing that I think our people in this country need to show more of is courage. Courage. And I just think this is just a very beautiful experience.”
Mr. Egals agreed, saying the “spiritual divine is what keeps the people going,” and he could see that in Shen Yun.
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