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Shen Yun Shows ‘Strength and Unity, Honor and Commitment to the Truth,’ Says Physician

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Shen Yun Shows ‘Strength and Unity, Honor and Commitment to the Truth,’ Says Physician
Donald Brady enjoyed Shen Yun's evening performance at the Robinson Performance Hall, in Little Rock, on April 23, 2024. NTD
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Neurologist Donald Brady purchased a ticket for Shen Yun Performing Arts after hearing glowing reviews from his daughter and future son-in-law, who had watched the show a few months prior.

After seeing the performance for himself at the Robinson Performance Hall on the evening of April 23, Dr. Brady couldn’t agree more.

“It was wonderful, it was just beautiful. This was the first time that I’d seen traditional Chinese dance in person. It was a wonderful experience and very telling,” he said.
“It’s very interesting seeing the different styles. The ladies’ dance had this very graceful, gliding, and floating feeling—emphasizing the grace and beauty of the female. The male traditional dance is very different; you feel the athleticism. The forceful energetic movements mirror martial arts movements. That was a very interesting dichotomy.”
Shen Yun is the world’s leading classical Chinese dance and music company. The New York-based performing arts company offers a set of all-new programs every year showcasing classical, ethnic, folk, and storyline dances from various regions and dynasties of China.
Dr. Brady thoroughly enjoyed all the short stories told by the performers through dance.
“I thought they were all very wonderful stories. There were historical stories and texts that told of traditional Chinese culture and beliefs, and some of the stories had meanings behind them that were really very beautiful.  Very different views of our ethos and our souls from the Chinese Communist Party’s [beliefs.] I hope it persists. I hope it’s not extinguished.”

Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by artists seeking to revive China’s authentic culture that was destroyed by the country’s decades of communist rule. Prior to the regime’s spread of atheism, spirituality and the belief in the divine formed the basis of Chinese life.

Mr. Brady was especially touched by the values that Shen Yun performers upheld. He will be bringing home with him a message of “strength and unity, honor and commitment to the truth, and doing what’s right and having compassion.”

“It strengthens and reflects the same kinds of ideas that I hold in my heart already,” he expressed.

“Understanding each other and knowing more about each other and some of these [beliefs] can bring us together. We’re not so different.”

Though this was Dr. Brady’s first experience with Shen Yun, it certainly is not his last. Next time, he will be bringing his wife.

“[People] should not miss it. I plan to come back with my wife in future years. My daughter just saw [Shen Yun] with her future husband, and they were very taken by it as well. Hopefully, we’ll all get back to see it again. Looking forward to it.”
Reporting by Frank Xie, Sonia Wu, 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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