MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Opening their 2024 season to a full house in Wisconsin, Shen Yun Performing Arts returned to the Miller High Life Theatre on Feb. 3.

After missing the performance in both Dallas and Chicago, Sara Connor, author and president of the Forest History Association of Wisconsin, was so grateful to have the opportunity to see Shen Yun in Wisconsin with Bruce Clark, a retired professional ski coach.

“I waited so long to see it that it just sort of elevates you into a feeling of a breath of fresh air,” she said.

“I like the originality and the talent of the dancers and the musicians,” she added. “All tied together, it’s really tremendous!”

As an award-winning author of “Wisconsin’s Flying Trees in World War II: A Victory for American Forest Products and Allied Aviation,” Mrs. Connor understands the tremendous amount of work that is needed to compose an entire work. She was incredibly impressed that Shen Yun produces a new show every year with new music, new choreography, and new costumes.

Enamored by the tremendous gift of Shen Yun’s artistic director D.F., Mrs. Connor said, “He’s done it all: He’s written it, he’s done the music, he’s done the choreography. … It’s very well done, and it translates well for people who don’t know a lot about China or what China was like before [communism].”

“It takes a tremendous gift to do that because not everyone can tell the story on a simple level [and] translate it into more complex ideas, and he’s managed to do that,” she said.

In 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a persecution campaign against the spiritual practice, which is also called Falun Gong, and adherents have since been subjected to unprecedented imprisonment, torture, and abuse.

“[Dafa’s] the center of goodness from everybody’s perspective, and you have to take the high road … to make the world a better place,” she added.

“We need a little more introspection … and we need to appreciate everyone,” she added.