SEATTLE—Manufacturing company executive Troy Denmark experienced Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time on April 6. It was the company’s penultimate performance at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.
Mr. Denmark’s wife purchased tickets after seeing advertisements on TV and the couple was not disappointed.
“It was exhilaration just to see the physicality of it. It’s wonderful,” he said, adding that he loved the performance as a whole, so it was difficult to pinpoint a specific element because “the music and the dance and the message is all one.”
Indeed, for 5,000 years, the country prospered. However, after the communist takeover and its spread of atheism, all this traditional culture was systematically destroyed. Today, Shen Yun’s goal is to bring back the beauty and goodness of pre-communist China.
“I think that’s really important. I’m glad that they did that. There are conflicts in the world right now. Globally and within China, there could be a solution—I think there’s hope,” he explained.
“I think bringing attention to it—information and understanding for people is very important to move forward. Without information, people won’t know which way to turn or what’s important.”
