SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWS

Shen Yun Is ‘Very Spiritual and High Energy,’ Says Boston Theatergoer

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Shen Yun Is ‘Very Spiritual and High Energy,’ Says Boston Theatergoer
Kandi Crowley (L) enjoyed Shen Yun's evening performance at the Boch Center Wang Theatre on April 3, 2025. Mary Mann/The Epoch Times
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BOSTON— Kandi Crowley, an executive assistant, was deeply moved by Shen Yun Performing Arts’ evening performance on April 4, the first of five consecutive shows at the Boch Center Wang Theatre.

“It’s been exhilarating and beautiful,” she exclaimed. The animation is spot on. They drop and go up into the screen. It is amazing.”

According to the company’s website, this innovative digital technology creates seamless interaction between the backdrop projection and the performers on stage.

“By extending the stage to infinite realms,” the patented 3D invention brings to the audience “storytelling without limits.”

Based in New York, Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company dedicated to reviving China’s rich culture nearly lost under decades of communist rule. Its performances feature a series of short dances highlighting various regions of China, as well as solo musical pieces.

Ms. Crowley was impressed by the artists’ dedication to reviving traditional culture. She found the performance highly educational, offering valuable insight into Chinese heritage for those who may not be familiar with it.

She also loved the live orchestra that accompanied the dancers on stage. “We keep peeking over [the pit,] looking at the orchestra. They’re absolutely phenomenal,” she said.

Shen Yun’s original compositions seamlessly blend Western orchestration with traditional Chinese folk instruments, such as the two-stringed erhu and the pipa—an ancient Chinese lute.

It is the first in the world to permanently integrate Eastern and Western instruments, offering audiences the best of both worlds.

Summing up her experience, Ms. Crowley said Shen Yun is “very spiritual and high energy and just caring and loving.” “We need that. We need more of that in the world,” she added.

Given the chance, she would like to tell the performers that “they are absolutely incredible.”

“Whatever they’re doing—the way of life and everything that [Shen Yun] is doing to bring this to us is absolutely beautiful.”
Reporting by Mary Mann and Jennifer Tseng.
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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