SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Ballroom Dance Champion Says Shen Yun Is Nourishment for Heart and Soul

Jan 11, 2026

1/11/2026Updated: 1/12/2026

WASHINGTON—Kim Randy says seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Kennedy Opera House on Jan. 11 was a “dream come true.”

Ms. Randy, a dancer and musician, said, “I loved it. I’ve always wanted to come and see Shen Yun, and it was everything I expected and more.”

With her background in dance, Ms. Randy said, “It was like nourishment for my heart and soul because I’m also a dancer. I’m a musician as well, so it really touched my soul in that way.”

A senior in high school, Ms. Randy excels in many aspects of music, as well as being a national ballroom dance champion. “I’m a singer. I write some of my own music, but I haven’t published it yet. I also do covers. Later, I plan to publish my music professionally.”

She said New York-based Shen Yun “was amazing. It’s inspired me to also do traditional Chinese dancing. I want to go into traditional Chinese dancing sometime too.”

As a dancer, Ms. Randy tried to describe the performance. “I can’t even find the words. It’s just beautiful, elegant. It shows what it’s really like to have something deeper than just dancing and music. It shows the story of China, and it’s just wonderful. I don’t even have words to explain. It just touches your soul and your heart,” she said.

Ms. Randy was impressed with how Shen Yun’s dancers communicated the stories on stage. “The way they move musically and rhythmically and all their facial expressions, the energy that they present to the audience and transfer to the audience.”

Shen Yun features a live orchestra that supports the action on stage with original music. Ms. Randy was enthralled by the music and “all the instruments. You can feel it in your heart; you can feel all the drums and the harp and the erhu and everything with the dancing, every single rhythm that they hit.”

She said, “Every single movement goes with the music, and it’s just a rush of adrenaline and something that you can’t even explain.”

Many audiences have commented on how Shen Yun—which is on a mission to remind the world of “China before communism”—presents true beauty and true art, and Ms. Randy agreed.

“I think true beauty is about not being perfect. I think it’s about imperfection, which is perfect. I think it’s not about being just precise in every movement, but showing your weaker side as well: showing the softness, the gentle, and the power and the strength in that,” she said.

Ms. Randy was astonished when she heard that Shen Yun means “the beauty of divine beings dancing.” She said, “I was very surprised, but I agree with that name. [There is] a divine feeling of your movement. I really like that.”

She said, “It definitely inspired me again to go into classical Chinese dancing, and it has shown me that if you’re disciplined in something, then you can do anything.”

Reporting by Sherry Dong and Yvonne Marcotte.

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.