CALGARY, Alberta—Being a subscriber to the Epoch Times has made Renee Hunt and her husband Doug Hunt familiar with the mission of Shen Yun Performing Arts which they saw on April 17 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.

“Very beautiful. I think it’s amazing and very important for the world to know what China once was and what China has become under communism and what the people have endured and are enduring there. So, I think this is very, very important, the message that they’re spreading around the world,” said Mrs. Hunt, a teacher.

“I like the water sleeves. They seem to stand out for me,” said Mr. Hunt, the vice president of a Canadian oil and gas distribution company.

“It’s amazing the amount of time and effort [the artists] put it in to make it so beautiful.

“In addition, I know they really focus on their minds. And focusing on something higher, a higher power beyond just our everyday life,” Mrs. Hunt said.

Part of Shen Yun’s performance acts as a voice for those who are being oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Falun Dafa practitioners in China are being persecuted for their beliefs.

Due to Chinese censorship and other reasons, many people in the world, as well as in China, are still unaware of the persecution.

“They’re severely oppressed. They are put in jail. They’re tortured for their beliefs. And there’s actually people on the outside that have no idea that that actually goes on. So, I think what Shen Yun is doing by traveling around the world is they’re sending the message and getting the word out to the world about what’s going on in China,” Mrs. Hunt elaborated.

“It’s always interesting. It’s good to see them spreading the message of what’s happening in China. And the message in the show. It is the bigger reason we are here tonight, too,” he said.