The theatre manager of a performing arts venue here recently received an email that made him pause and scratch his head.

Just days before Shen Yun Performing Arts opened its three-show run at Houston’s Wortham Center, sponsors presented the Houston City Council with evidence of the local Chinese Consulate’s attempts to undermine the New York-based performing arts company.

The Divine Performing Arts (DPA) had two performances in Houston, on December 22 and 23. Although several weeks have passed, Mr. Zhang still feels good when he recalls watching the show.

In a telephone interview with The Epoch Times a few days later, Zheng, still buoyed by the evening’s beautiful memory, cried out again and again, “It’s so beautiful! So beautiful!”