PORTLAND, Ore.—Jeff Miller and Becky Miller saw Shen Yun Performing Arts on April 19, 2026, at Keller Auditorium.
Shen Yun is based in New York, and its artists are trained in classical Chinese dance, one of the most comprehensive dance systems in the world.
“From a technical point of view, the choreography is so tightly orchestrated. Everybody is in sequence, and that’s very impressive when you have multiple people in the same place. Everyone is at the same moment doing the same thing,” Mr. Miller said.
“I was amazed at the athleticism and the warmth of the performers,” said Ms. Miller, Mr. Miller’s wife.
She added that she could feel the artists’ genuine kindness.
“I wasn’t expecting that at all. It was very moving,” she said.
Mr. Miller was impressed with the story adapted from the classic text, “Journey to the West,” as well as the story depicting the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China, “The Steadfast Heart.”
“The opera style singing—about kind of how when we let go of yesterday,—I thought it was a very good message,” Mr. Miller said.
“We see some of the younger generations moving away from the traditional values that we grew up with. And don’t we see their lives getting worse the more they move away [from] spiritualism? It brings out the worst in people sometimes, so that resonated very closely,” Mr. Miller said.
