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Seattle Audience Loves Shen Yun’s Classical Chinese Dance

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Seattle Audience Loves Shen Yun’s Classical Chinese Dance
Alex Ivy Dobbs at the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall on April 6, 2025. Sunny Chen/The Epoch Times
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SEATTLE—Classical Chinese dance is an ancient art form, but it has only become popular in recent years. There is no doubt that its growing popularity is due to Shen Yun Performing Arts.

“I thought it was beautiful. I really loved it. I would prefer this to the ballet, honestly,” Alex Ivy Dobbs shared.

As someone who used to dance, Ms. Dobbs understands the work it has taken for the artists of Shen Yun to reach the level they are at today.

“It was really beautiful watching the progression and the history of things. I used to dance myself, so I know how much training went into all of that. And I think it was just very well put together,” said Ms. Dobbs, who is a business owner.

Classical Chinese dance is based on bearing, form, technique, and tumbling techniques. Mastering these elements and making it look easy takes years of work.

“It was beautiful and lively, and the performers just made it look effortless.

Shen Yun is based in New York, and its mission is to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.

“I think it’s extremely important to keep everyone’s cultures alive. It’s easy to be forgotten over time if someone’s not carrying it on,” Ms. Dobbs said.

Shen Yun puts on an all-new production each year, and with 5,000 years of history, literature, myth, and legend to choose from, Shen Yun will not be running out of material any time soon.
“Being here in America, we don’t get to experience everyone’s cultures. We’re not exposed to it. So it’s really fun getting to see the different aspects of the different faiths, religions, opinions, persecutions. It’s just something that we don’t get to learn about,” Ms. Dobbs said.

Shen Yun’s use of its digital backdrop is patented. The versatility of technology allows the set to change scenes in the blink of an eye, giving the stage endless possibilities.

“It was beautiful and the way that they did the transition from stage to the screen was really fun to watch,” Ms. Dobbs said.

Ms. Dobbs came to the performance with her husband, and she shared that she'd like to bring her daughter next time as well.

Reporting by Sunny Chen and Maria Han.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
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