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SPARTANBURG, S.C.—Alejandra came from Mexico City, and her son-in-law, from the UK, gifted her a ticket to see Shen Yun Performing Arts for Mother’s Day. She was happy to share that the performance touched her heart. “I’m very appreciative and very happy. And I feel very blessed that I came in,” said Alejandra, a retired secretary.
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SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWSMay 07, 2025SHARE5/7/2025Updated: 5/8/2025SPARTANBURG, S.C.—Leslie Kelley used to dance ballet, and seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts on May 6, she was inspired to get on stage and dance as well. “They’re fantastic. I can see myself up there doing it. So I used to dance. So that’s why I had to come and see it, because they’re so beautiful. It makes me want to get up there. I did ballet, I did tap, I did ballroom,” Ms. Kelley shared.
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theepochtimes.com | Xinxin Teng |Sherry Dong |Maria Han
CHICAGO—Arny Granat has 39 Broadway productions under his belt. On May 4, he and Irene Michaels, a singer, performer, and dancer, saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Civic Opera House. “It’s different from [what] most American audiences see. I think that it catches the people’s imagination. ... It’s beautiful, very artistic, very professional, and awesome,” Mr. Granat said. Shen Yun is based in New York, and its mission is to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
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ROSEMONT, Ill.—Charity Grayson had planned to bring her husband, Steve Starcovich, to see Shen Yun Performing Arts for his birthday. Two weeks before the performing arts company would be at the Rosemont Theatre, Mr. Starcovich had a stroke, and he is now recovering, Ms. Grayson explained. The couple’s decision to see Shen Yun felt encouraging and healing. “It’s always like coming back to your faith and hope and the light,” Ms. Grayson said after the performance on April 25.
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theepochtimes.com | Sherry Dong |Catherine Yang
CHARLESTON, S.C.—Artist and children’s book illustrator Natalia Luque attended Shen Yun Performing Arts in search of inspiration for her work. “You could grasp the whole story and kind of immerse yourself in the moment, so it was very inspirational. I loved it,” Ms. Luque said after seeing Shen Yun at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on April 19. Moved by the music especially, Ms. Luque said it was “an honor to have the [orchestra] play live.”“They did it with passion ...
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CHARLESTON, S.C.—Architect Marc Camens has an eye for detail, proportion, and design, and an appreciation for the “exquisite” architectural legacy of the East. He saw that too in Shen Yun Performing Arts, attending the performance at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center with his wife, Allie, on April 19. “Enlightening. You see, I love the form, the flow, the colors, the shape, the dancing. And the whole presentation of the backdrop screen is very interesting.
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theepochtimes.com | Sherry Dong |Catherine Yang
UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill.—Like many, Vilija Vaitkus had hoped to see Shen Yun Performing Arts for many years, and found more than expected when she finally saw it for herself. “It’s beautiful. Yes, it is breathtaking, isn’t it? And the colors and the performance was beautiful. Just like never seen before,” said Ms. Vaitkus, a registered nurse and director of nursing for a health care company, after seeing Shen Yun at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University on April 11.
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NEW YORK CITY—Sitting in the audience of Shen Yun Performing Arts, Karina Geller felt the beauty itself was meditative. “Wonderful, beautiful. I had a very soulful time,” said Ms. Geller, who works in real estate, after seeing Shen Yun at Lincoln Center on March 27. “Beautiful, soulful, peaceful. It was like meditating and seeing beauty and also seeing a side of China right now [that] is non-existent.”New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company.
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NEW YORK CITY—As a New Yorker, Robert Perl had known for years about Shen Yun Performing Arts and the spiritual discipline the artists practice, given the group’s large presence in their home state, he said, and he was more than pleased to be able to see a performance in person opening night at Lincoln Center, March 26. “I don’t know what else to compare it to ... this is absolutely unique,” said Mr. Perl, head of a real estate company, who attended the performance with Ms. Aeriana Acero.
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theepochtimes.com | Sherry Dong |Catherine Yang
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Jones Louis had long wanted to see Shen Yun Performing Arts, and this was finally the year. “Well, I will tell you, I’ve been trying to come to this for 10 years and never had time to do it. And we finally made the time to get the tickets and it’s terrific,” said Mr. Louis, a real estate company owner, who saw Shen Yun with his family at the Stifel Theatre on March 16. “It’s beyond our expectations, and [we] can’t wait to try to come next year,” he said.
