LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Shen Yun Performing Arts began its Swiss tour in Basel on Valentine’s Day, and the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company was in Lausanne from Feb. 20 to Feb. 22, 2025. Geneva City Councilor Daniel Dany Pastore attended the performance on Feb. 21 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu.
“I’ve seen a lot of shows in my life, but this is the first time I’ve seen a show like this and really I’m blown away,” Mr. Pastore said.
Though Shen Yun tours the world every year, it cannot go to China. With its eight equally-sized groups, the New York-based company’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture, which has been destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party.
“People today lack pragmatism and culture, they all want to go to the Moon, to Mars,” he adds. “They’re making incredible technologies, but they’re forgetting the very foundation of the country, the real culture, the one that has made this country magnificent and rich, precisely in culture, in music, in dance, in colors, in flowers,” he said.
