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Shen Yun’s Music Soothes the Soul, Says Baltimore Theatergoer

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Shen Yun’s Music Soothes the Soul, Says Baltimore Theatergoer
Amber Hyde and Blaine Welkr watched Shen Yun Performing Arts at The Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Md., on March 16, 2025. Frank Liang/The Epoch Times
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BALTIMORE—Blaine Welkr, a contractor, and Amber Hyde, an insurance manager, watched Shen Yun Performing Arts at The Hippodrome Theatre on March 16.

“Everything was beautiful,” Ms. Hyde said. “The colors and the material, the singing—everything. ... I haven’t been to a show like this, so everything was wonderful.”

“The dancing, especially the acrobatics of the dancing, I was most impressed with,” Mr. Welkr said.
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Since its inception in 2006, Shen Yun’s mission has been to revive traditional Chinese culture and show audiences the beauty of “China before communism.”

“I think it’s always very important to keep a tradition or revive a tradition,” said Ms. Hyde, who was most impressed by “the soul of the show.”

Mr. Welkr described Shen Yun’s music, which is performed by a live orchestra, as “very soothing.”

“The music was very nice,” he said. “You could feel it ... soothing your soul.”

Both Ms. Hyde and Mr. Welkr were also impressed by Shen Yun’s patented animated backdrop, which allows performers to move from the stage into the background.

“That was impressive—the 3D screen,” Mr. Welkr said.

“That was innovative,” Ms. Hyde said. “It seemed different.”

In addition to dance vignettes, Shen Yun’s program also includes story-based dances, some of which depict the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of followers of faith. Ms. Hyde said that the depiction was “extremely important because it lets other people know what’s happening in [China].”

Mr. Welkr said that after he watched Shen Yun, he gained “an admiration of the culture and the work that the performers put in.”

“The skill that they had and their dedication—obviously they sacrifice to be here doing that,” he said.

Reporting by Frank Liang and Wandi Zhu.
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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