PHILADELPHIA—Susanna Squellerio saw the advertisements for Shen Yun Performing Arts and thought it was something that she wanted to see. She then brought her husband and another couple, all doctors, with her to the Academy of Arts in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, Feb. 23.
“The picture you have outside, they’re very attractive, so that’s something I was looking for. And when I came here, it was exactly what I was looking for,” affirmed Mrs. Squellerio.
“The message is very deep and very strong. And also the athletic part, putting it into dance, it’s perfection. Everything is perfect, it’s like in harmony, altogether,” said Mrs. Squellerio.
Her husband, Mr. Pablo Lavagnini, currently serves as Director of Radiation Oncology at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Eastern Regional Medical Center.
In many of the dances, you could feel what they were trying to tell you, said Mr. Lavagnini.
The New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Classical Chinese dance is one of the most expressive art forms in the world and Shen Yun presents a wide variety of styles, including ethnic and story-based dances.
Mrs. Shramila Chandran, who attended the performance with her husband, Moses Chandran, said, “I thought this was awesome. It was beautiful to see the artists performing and showing their culture.”
“They’re definitely being very graceful. They’ve shown that they are very graceful, and they’ve also shown some compassion in their actions there. I think that’s really what they’re trying to portray as part of their culture. We were able to get that and able to grasp that. It was a beautiful expression of their culture,” she added.
Mr. Chandran said Shen Yun was very educational. “It’s like a very strong cultural legacy that they’ve written down ... They brought out their whole culture, transforming past and future, and presenting it right now.”
“That was a meaningful thing. We don’t get to see that day-to-day, and you get to see what it was like before. That’s really inspirational,” he added.
Mr. Chandran, a trained medical doctor, owns and operates a medical software company. His wife, Mrs. Chandran, is a medical oncologist with Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Mr. Lavagnini said: “Perhaps you feel a little bit of what [the Chinese people] are missing, or what they left behind, for whatever reasons they left it. They’re bringing it, like the scene with the students and the teacher, and the cultural revolution when they come and kill the teacher.”
Shen Yun, a non-profit organization founded in 2006, takes as its mission the restoration of China’s lost cultural heritage. The dance Mr. Lavagnini is referring to is Our Story, which is inspired by a true account from today of a beloved teacher who is persecuted for writing the principles of the spiritual discipline of Falun Dafa: Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, on the blackboard.
Mr. Lavagnini reflected that one of the strongest aspects of America is the large number of emigres, many of them Chinese. He remarked how they remain attached to their roots, and said the power of the Chinese people’s race and culture could be felt through Shen Yun.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
“The picture you have outside, they’re very attractive, so that’s something I was looking for. And when I came here, it was exactly what I was looking for,” affirmed Mrs. Squellerio.
“The message is very deep and very strong. And also the athletic part, putting it into dance, it’s perfection. Everything is perfect, it’s like in harmony, altogether,” said Mrs. Squellerio.
Her husband, Mr. Pablo Lavagnini, currently serves as Director of Radiation Oncology at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Eastern Regional Medical Center.
In many of the dances, you could feel what they were trying to tell you, said Mr. Lavagnini.
The New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Classical Chinese dance is one of the most expressive art forms in the world and Shen Yun presents a wide variety of styles, including ethnic and story-based dances.
Mrs. Shramila Chandran, who attended the performance with her husband, Moses Chandran, said, “I thought this was awesome. It was beautiful to see the artists performing and showing their culture.”
“They’re definitely being very graceful. They’ve shown that they are very graceful, and they’ve also shown some compassion in their actions there. I think that’s really what they’re trying to portray as part of their culture. We were able to get that and able to grasp that. It was a beautiful expression of their culture,” she added.
Mr. Chandran said Shen Yun was very educational. “It’s like a very strong cultural legacy that they’ve written down ... They brought out their whole culture, transforming past and future, and presenting it right now.”
“That was a meaningful thing. We don’t get to see that day-to-day, and you get to see what it was like before. That’s really inspirational,” he added.
Mr. Chandran, a trained medical doctor, owns and operates a medical software company. His wife, Mrs. Chandran, is a medical oncologist with Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Mr. Lavagnini said: “Perhaps you feel a little bit of what [the Chinese people] are missing, or what they left behind, for whatever reasons they left it. They’re bringing it, like the scene with the students and the teacher, and the cultural revolution when they come and kill the teacher.”
Shen Yun, a non-profit organization founded in 2006, takes as its mission the restoration of China’s lost cultural heritage. The dance Mr. Lavagnini is referring to is Our Story, which is inspired by a true account from today of a beloved teacher who is persecuted for writing the principles of the spiritual discipline of Falun Dafa: Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, on the blackboard.
Mr. Lavagnini reflected that one of the strongest aspects of America is the large number of emigres, many of them Chinese. He remarked how they remain attached to their roots, and said the power of the Chinese people’s race and culture could be felt through Shen Yun.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
