SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Shen Yun Is ‘A Must See,’ Says Bank VP

Mar 07, 2025

3/7/2025Updated: 3/7/2025

STAMFORD, Conn.—Marco Estrella, a vice president for Chase Bank, enjoyed the traditional culture he saw brought to life by Shen Yun Performing Arts.

“It’s a must-see,” Mr. Estrella said after seeing the performance at The Palace Theatre on March 7. “Beautiful. The dancing, they are very gifted dancers, and they’re very synchronized. Amazing.”

New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company, with a mission to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization

Through music and dance, Shen Yun aims to share with audiences the beauty of China before communism.

Mr. Estrella enjoyed the music of Shen Yun, performed by the group’s unique orchestra which seats ancient Chinese instruments within its ensemble of otherwise classical Western instruments, and performs original pieces that make use of ancient Chinese melodies.

Though the works were original, Mr. Estrella found the music to be classical and timeless, not the experimental modern style at all.

“It’s very traditional, nothing modern,” he said. “It looks like it would be music that’s been played for many, many years.”

Mr. Estrella also expressed support for Shen Yun’s mission to revive a culture that was once nearly lost under modern communist rule, and said the artists’ work was “very important.”

“I can imagine that people get their stories from their grandparents. They must miss that kind of tradition; Chinese traditions are very stable, they’re very serious,” he said. “And I’m imagining these people want to show that to their future generations.”

Traditional Chinese culture is a divinely inspired culture, and Mr. Estrella said it was evident that the ancient civilization Shen Yun portrayed was one that believed in a higher power and divine guidance.

The artists of Shen Yun, as practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, try to live their lives by the three principles Falun Gong teaches of truth, compassion, and tolerance, and Mr. Estrella felt those values come through in the performance, and that they were relevant to society today.

“Those three words are lacking [in today’s society], and we need to get back more into it,” he said.

Reporting by Frank Liang and Catherine Yang.

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