‘Graceful, colorful, romantic, lyrical’ Former Ballerina Says of Shen Yun

A trained ballet dancer, who danced for 10 years, Ms. Buckley, said she liked the energy of Shen Yun.

Ms. Buckley said she learned quite a lot from seeing Shen Yun, the New York-based company. Courtesy of Diana Buckley

NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts played to an appreciative house at the Lincoln Center’s David Koch Theater in Manhattan on Wednesday night. In the audience was Diana Buckley, a former ballet dancer who now teaches yoga.

“It was beautiful, incredibly graceful, colorful, romantic, lyrical. It was stunning,” said Ms. Buckley after seeing the performance.

“The performers were beautiful. They were all in sync. They had youthful faces and they were happy. I really felt it [affect] the audience,” she said.