CHICAGO-ROSEMONT, Ill.—Juan Diego Castrillón, lawyer and professor at the University of Cauca in Colombia, was impressed with the presentation of ancient Chinese spirituality in “modern times.”
His first time seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts, Mr. Castrillón attended the matinee performance at Rosemont Theatre while traveling across North America on March 28, 2026.
He was pleased to see that “they have a goal for the spiritual life … [and] in the modern time too.” he said.
“The show demonstrates that there is religious persecution in China, and people are beginning to awaken and rise above it,” Mr. Castrillón said. “They attain freedom—they reach that moment where spirituality endures—while those who reject both freedom and religion are the ones who lose.”
According to the company’s website, they are “giving voice to … men and women who simply wish to live a spiritual life … and to better their bodies and minds.”
“The ‘New China’ does not wish to showcase the spirituality of many of its people; yet, the spirituality of these people returns—gaining an audience, gaining strength, and gaining the energy to ensure that the spirituality of the Old China endures over the modern China,” Mr. Castrillón said.
“I believe that divinity endures,” he added. “The good in God persists in China and throughout the world, in every corner of the planet.”
“God is everywhere,” he said, “God endures in China, just as God endures in the United States and in Colombia.”
Mr. Castrillón looks forward to when Shen Yun can tour through Colombia again.
