CINCINNATI—Construction company owner Steve Barber and his wife, Litsa, had a wonderful time at Shen Yun Performing Arts’ evening show on Feb. 15. It was the company’s second of three performances at the Aronoff Center for the Arts.
“Very professional. [The dancers] are very graceful. They look very nice. It’s beautiful,” Mr. Barber said, adding “It’s lighthearted. It’s easy. It’s good entertainment.”
The performance “was very pure, very serene, very smooth and fluid. The dancers were effortless—they’re strong but fluid,” he said.
Mr. Barber said he appreciated Shen Yun’s inclusion of spirituality into the programs. Through watching the performance, he understood that the artists cared a lot about life, the divine, morality, and hope for “more of a tranquil country with the arts.”
Thinking back on the opening program, which depicted heavenly beings descending to Earth to impart culture and wisdom to mankind, it was “peaceful and nice, and it made me feel happy,” he said.
He thought it was a great pity that the Chinese communist regime banned Shen Yun from performing due to the company’s focus on reviving traditional culture and presenting the truth of events under communist rule in present-day China.
Reflecting on the company’s mission to bring back the goodness and beauty of traditional China, Mr. Barber said, “Our cultures are so different that I wish we could work together.”
“Together we can be so strong and so powerful and work and help each other. I wish we had more of that,” he added.
