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Shen Yun Conveys Positive Energy ‘And Everyone’s Better for It’: Engineer

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Shen Yun Conveys Positive Energy ‘And Everyone’s Better for It’: Engineer
Zachary Strouse enjoyed Shen Yun at the Stifel Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 16, 2025. Sally Sun/The Epoch Times
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ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Zachary Strouse had seen Shen Yun Performing Arts one time many years ago and always wanted to return.

“I’ve always remembered it, you know ... and I’m glad I did come back. It was beautiful, the music and the performance,” said Mr. Strouse, a bio-med technician engineer, after seeing Shen Yun again at the Stifel Theatre on March 16.

New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company. Through music and dance, Shen Yun aims to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, sharing with audiences the beauty of China before communism.

Mr. Strouse said the performance just exuded positive energy, and you could feel it in the audience.

“It really does. It comes off the stage and everyone’s better for it,” he said.

Mr. Strouse said he actually first discovered Shen Yun after joining a Chinese culture club to learn the language, and was “glad to have a chance to experience the heritage and everything [Shen Yun is] preserving.”

He wanted to thank the artists for what they do.

“I thank you very much for your efforts of keeping this alive and sharing it to everyone. I think you’re doing a wonderful thing,” he said.

Also appreciative of the opportunity to experience authentic Chinese culture was Charlotte Ottley, consultant for the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.

“It lets us know how far back our history goes. And it makes you want to know more,” she said. “It’s so authentic. And many people don’t know and understand the history.”

“I almost wish I had read about it before I came because the beauty and the magnificent performances and the precision is what has always caught my eye. And it didn’t fail. It was wonderful,” Ms. Ottley said.

“It really just graphically brought energy ... and appreciation of diversity, including the arts,” she said. “It also made you think about your own culture and see how more together we are than we’re different.”

Reporting by Sally Sun, Sherry Dong, and Catherine Yang.
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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