OTTAWA, Canada—Shen Yun Performing Arts sold-out show at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre was a warm spot in a national capital shaking off a snowstorm from earlier in the day.
Jennifer Scharf, a forensic analyst and audio and video specialist for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said during the show’s intermission that she was “definitely a big fan of the production.”
It was her second time to see Shen Yun.
“Every time I attend these performances I feel like I get to peer back through time to see highlights of a Chinese civilization that’s so vast and has evolved over so many years. I feel like it’s opened my eyes to a whole new human potential.”
Shen Yun was founded in 2006 on a mission to revive 5,000 years of divinely-inspired Chinese civilization. The show features classical Chinese dance, an art form passed down largely through imperial courts, dynasty after dynasty.
Fine arts student Denise Morrison, has been studying arts for some years, and said she was thrilled with the experience.
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