UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill.—Company director Dean Erickson and his wife Becky had a wonderful time at Shen Yun’s evening performance on April 29. This was the couple’s second time watching Shen Yun.
Stepping out of the Center for the Performing Arts at Governors State University, Mrs. Erickson said everything was so fluid and graceful that it was impossible for her to pick a favorite program. The whole thing was “beautifully divine.”
“It was fantastic! We came two years ago and loved it so much we just wanted to come back again,” Mr. Erickson added.
“The choreography and the synchronization of the dancers and how everything is just lock-step together—it’s really, really good.”
He especially enjoyed Shen Yun’s story dances because they were “very powerful and a lot of expressions went into them.”
Since its advent in 2006, the performing arts company has grown to become a global sensation, with eight equally sized companies set to perform in over 180 cities worldwide.
“It can set people on a better path. I think it is really powerful—those things really spoke to me,” he said.“All the stuff that had to do with the government and communism hits real close to home with what’s going on in the world right now.”
“I really appreciated that. There’s just a lot of stuff in the world that pulls people away from the divine and away from traditions—especially the younger generation. I think [the artists’] mission and goal are very important. It’s great,” he said.
“Anybody that’s got an internal sense of what’s right and wrong in the world will see [Shen Yun] and feel that it’s very powerful.”
