“It is one of the most unusual and entertaining shows you’re going to see anywhere in the world,” said Mr. McDevitt. “It’s just so unique, and it’s just so unusual. It’s a feel-good kind of show.”
Mr. McDevitt brought his granddaughter to see Shen Yun, and as someone who works in education, he said that Shen Yun “is good to let the younger generation know about what’s going on in China.”
“This show is highly relevant to today, with some of the problems that are going on in the world,” said Mr. McDevitt.
Shen Yun’s program includes story-based dances, some of which are set in modern-day China and depict the Chinese regime’s persecution of followers of Falun Dafa, a spiritual practice that teaches the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.
“What happened to Falun Gong is terrible,” he said. “You have the scenes in the show [that] brings awareness to people who may not be aware of it, and reinforces to people who are aware of it, what’s going on in China. It’s just sad.”
“I think the big takeaway is that there’s a lot of beauty in the world, and there’s a lot of hope,” he said. “I think underlying the entire show is a certain attitude that what you see around you is not everything there is, there’s something bigger than all of us.”Reporting by Frank Liang and Wandi Zhu.
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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