DENVER, Colo.—On March 29, business owner Cristina Chavira attended Shen Yun Performing Arts’ evening show at the Buell Center. She thought this first experience was “fabulous.”
“It was wonderful. All the colors, the art, artistry—everything about it. I learned a lot about the history of dance and how the flipping and [tumbling techniques] originated from Chinese culture,” Ms. Chavira said.
“The dancing was superb. The dancers were so lean; the lines were so graceful—it looked like they glided over the floor. I loved it. It was very beautiful.”
“All the stories touched my heart,” Ms. Chavira said. “It’s [reflects] everyday life and all the struggles that we each go through.”
She particularly enjoyed the dance “Devotion,” where the heroine of the story waited patiently for years to be reunited with her husband from the military.
Ms. Chavira happily said that she would be bringing home with her “a message of love.” She loved the divine element of the show.
“It’s very spiritual. I loved the spirituality of it as a practicing Christian. I saw a lot of similarities in my religion, so I loved it. Learning about the whole culture was amazing.”
Since its advent in 2006, the performing arts company has grown to become a global sensation, with eight equally sized companies set to perform in over 200 cities worldwide.
Ms. Chavira wants everyone to see the show because “there’s a lot of culture involved for the whole family.” For the evening, she brought five of her family members and will certainly be bringing her husband next time.
“My husband would love it. It was a girls’ night out, but I’ll bring him back,” she expressed, adding that she thought Shen Yun’s mission to revive traditional values is very important.
“That’s why I brought my whole family here,” she explained.
