COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Gary Kruse, a senior space operations engineer, and his wife Tami Kruse watched Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts on March 30.
“It was just beautiful to see the Chinese culture danced,” Mrs. Kruse said. “It was just lovely and it was glorious. ... I just loved the beautiful colors and everything just seemed to just sort of twirl and express everything from the early history all the way to the modern. It’s really lovely.”
“It’s nice to fight that oppression,” Mr. Kruse said. “All of Shen Yun seems to express life and growth, [while] the oppression that takes away life is just real discouraging.”
“It was all pointing to God, and that’s where it all comes from,” she said. “That’s where life comes from, and that’s where this beauty and this talent, it all comes from the glory of God. And so it was beautiful to see that on stage, performed by the dancers.”
As proud parents of nine homeschooled children who are now grown up, Mr. and Mrs. Kruse know what it takes to cultivate talent and passion in young people. Mr. Kruse said that he could tell that Shen Yun’s performers underwent “lots and lots and lots of training to make things so beautiful.”
“The seamless teamwork and the colors and the athleticism and then the gracefulness—that was beautiful,” Mr. Kruse said.
Mr. Kruse also expressed his appreciation for the performers’ hard work and dedication.
“For every hour that they’re on stage, it’s 2,000 hours of work, and we sure appreciate that dedication and commitment,” he said. “It just seems otherworldly that they would try to re-display this on an annual basis.
“Oh my goodness, just, thank you. That’s a life’s commitment, and I’m sure there are so many sacrifices made with family and other pursuits, but you can’t do something that beautiful without a full commitment, so thank you.”
