SAN DIEGO—Long, fresh green trails of silk bloomed in the air with each movement of the dancers’ arms in vignette from the 2023 production of Shen Yun Performing Arts. The “water sleeves” dance piece left a lasting impression on Jerry Newray, a sales director, who saw the performance on April 22 with Lori Boatn.
“Athletic, they’re all athletic. It’s amazing,” said Mr. Newray at the San Diego Civic Theatre. “The timing is amazing ... it was impeccable. That’s a lot of practice.”
“What I like about this is that there are so many people from China that live here in the States, they’re younger, they don’t get to see the original culture,” he said, but now Shen Yun was keeping that culture alive for them.
“It’s beautiful. It really is. It’s good to see the original culture. It’s still alive.”
“To bring back the original culture and values—and it’s gotten away from it—to help those that are there that want that back, I think it’s beautiful,” she said.
