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Member of Spanish Parliament Supports Shen Yun Sharing True Chinese Culture to the World

Mar 22, 2026

3/22/2026Updated: 3/23/2026

BURGOS, Spain—The Fórum Evolución was filled with an audience ready to enjoy Shen Yun Performing Arts on March 19.

Ángel Ibáñez Hernando, a member of Spain’s national parliament, said, “I’m really enjoying it in the company of some friends. This show intrigued us. We’d already heard that Shen Yun was coming to Burgos, so we wanted to see it for ourselves.”

Mr. Ibáñez found much to like about the performance. “I think the dance is magnificent. The style and technical ability of the dancers are admirable. I find the stories they tell us—which also teach us about Chinese culture—particularly enriching. Above all, I really appreciate the live music. I think it adds an extra dimension to the show,” he said.

“I also found the Mongolian dance particularly spectacular,” Mr. Ibáñez said. “The movements are particularly vigorous and powerful; they require technique, strength, skill, and precision. All of that combined is something that really catches the eye.”

Mr Ibáñez was interested in the persecution of practitioners of Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, which was dramatized in the piece “The Steadfast Heart.” Shen Yun is banned in China.

“When they explained what is happening in China regarding those meditation groups, how they are persecuted and how, despite everything, they manage to move forward, I found it especially emotional and intense,” he said.

He thought it was good that this was told to the world. “I think it’s very good. I believe we live in a globalized world where we sometimes lack information about what is happening in many countries. Making everything transparent and helping us reflect seems especially interesting to me, and that’s why it caught my attention,” Mr. Ibáñez said.

Shen Yun’s mission is to revive 5,000 years of traditional culture from “China before communism” and share these values with the world.

Mr. Ibáñez said, “I think it’s admirable, because anyone who does not respect, value, and understand their origins, traditions, and where they come from will hardly have a proper direction for the future.

“I believe that the ancestral values of all our cultures are something we must protect, study, and also share. Clearly, in the case of Chinese culture, I think it is absolutely vital that they do so,” he said.

Mr. Ibáñez reflected on whether there were any lessons the people of his region could learn from the performance. “I am convinced they can. We also come from an ancestral culture, and we are fortunate to preserve many of our traditions. I am convinced that people will perfectly understand that the same is being done in China.”

He felt an energy from the performance. “What’s important is that the dancers’ artistic ability is combined with a story, and that it’s also accompanied by a magnificent orchestra. I think all of that creates a special aura around us, and that atmosphere is truly beautiful,” Mr. Ibáñez said.

Shen Yun has been facing many obstacles during its tour, including threats to the theatre in an attempt to prevent people from seeing the performance.

Mr. Ibáñez said, “I encourage the company to keep going, to persevere in bringing this performance around the world, to show their values and culture everywhere, as well as the wonderful show they put on. They have all my support.”

Mr. Ibáñez said he would endorse Shen Yun and encourage people to come. “I’d tell them it is a performance that brings together art, culture, great music, and spectacular dancers, all within settings and stories that are, I believe, easy to understand and that convey values. So I would recommend it.”

Reporting by NTD and Yvonne Marcotte.

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