Shen Yun Performing Arts

You gotta get out and see this show.

Morgan Striggles model

It was just so incredible and, if I could prescribe it, I would prescribe it!

Shvetha Vengatesan doctor

It was absolutely riveting... It’s very nice to see a show that concentrates on the highest and the best of humanity.

Adam Croasdell British actor

The blend of Chinese and Western music was really well done… Terrific!

Joaquin Valdepeñas & Mi Hyon Kim prominent clarinetist and violinist

The mixture of the classical instruments with Chinese instruments—the blend between them is incredible.

Adrian Morales Demori Multi-Platinum & Latin Grammy winner

Magnificent! I highly recommend it to anyone.

Tony Robbins world-renowned author & speaker

I think it’s good for everybody to come see this and to try and introduce and immerse yourself in a new culture.

Michael Ealy actor & producer

I was absolutely inspired. I think it’s a miracle.

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn U.S. Army (ret.) & fmr U.S. Nat’l Security Advisor

I was very impressed.

Martin Freeman Emmy Award-winning actor

I loved it… I would say it deserves a Grammy.

William King Founding member of Grammy-winning “Commodores”

I’ve never seen anything quite so beautifully choreographed in my entire life.

Shirley Ballas acclaimed British ballroom dancer, coach & adjudicator

It will calm your spirit, it will give you a different view of how culture is in Asia... I think it’s wonderful!

David Tupaz fashion designer

Startling and breathtaking, and we learned a lot.

William Baldwin film actor & producer

The explosion of color, of culture, of love, passion… it’s just exquisite, exquisite.

Mark Irvine BBC presenter & antique dealer

Majestic. Each of these individuals is very talented; together they’re magnificent.

Lee Kenna electronics company chairman

I saw a lot of things that related to living a life where you’re spiritually aware.

Delano Johnson best-selling author & international speaker

Amazing! It’s a gift for all of us that are here today.

Aideliz Hidalgo model & Miss Puerto Rico International (2010)

Very inspiring! I really liked how much they emphasized kindness.

Brooke Ashlynd dancer

The stories are very, very enlightening... I have to admire the performers.

M. Shafik Gabr international business leader

There’s one word to describe what they’re doing on that stage right now: Magic.

Tracy Morgan actor & comedian

Technically perfect virtuosity... Thank you for giving so much joy!

Marcelita Lopez-kabayáo concert pianist & Steinway artist

They work together soo beautifully… that’s a whole ’nother level.

Melissa Maricich actress & stage performer

The technique is flawless, really, it is!... They’re so perfect, it makes me jealous.

Athol Willoughby OAM, renowned ballet teacher & senior examiner

Spectacular! I loved the artistry of it all.

Dana Austin executive director

What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon or an evening. You can’t help but feel good afterwards.

Carol Smith painter

It was very great art... that can truly inspire.

Samuel Youn German opera singer

It is soul-filling, eye-popping, and an overwhelming of the senses.

Barbara J. Elliott professor & writer

The music was fantastic. You mix that with the visual components, and the energy was just incredible.

Jean Rodriguez singer-songwriter & Latin Grammy nominee

It’s a resonation inside you that activates your consciousness.

Candice O’shea interior designer

It was a visual feast, but also so interesting.

Jeannie Howe Executive Director, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance

You need to come watch Shen Yun... you walk away feeling exhilarated.

Maria Calvillo recruitment consultant

One of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

Daniel Novak psychotherapist

I think it’s fantastic. The colors are amazing, there’s so much happening on the stage...

Arnout Ter Schure & Hana Demchenko investment firm president & spouse

I believe that it’s a message that is necessary for today.

Rep. Regina G. Young State Representative

I feel charged because the physicality is so intense—the things they’re able to execute are incredible.

Malgorzata Nowacka-may Artistic Director, Chimera Dance

A work of art. It was absolutely beautiful.

Linda Wingo interior designer

That was just so freeing, and uplifting, and I am so glad we came!

Cherie Jaynes Nurse Manager, VA Medical Center, San Diego

It was simply brilliant... with a very important message.

Lord Hunt Of King’s Heath (uk) Member of the House of Lords

I absolutely love it... I honestly don’t even have enough words to say how beautiful it is.

Taryn Gilbert musical theater director & dancer

Oh, it’s really heartwarming... The colors were so bright, and the music was so beautiful, and the dancing was so, so talented.

Rep. Ken Buck Member of Congress

I think this shares a lot of hope, and beauty, and resilience.

Julie Hudak Lacouture nonprofit consulting firm founder

Awesome, superior. I just loved it... It was just so well done.

Byron Harlan former news anchor

It’s mindblowingly good... It’s like transporting us back in time.

Andy Esser financial consultant

Incredibly inspiring... incredibly thought-provoking and beautifully presented.

Catherine Lorenze media producer

I love the unique story that they have to tell—it’s just beautiful...

Toni & Anastasia Calvey mother & daughter

The way they blended the instruments... was just the perfect tone.

Kevin Ryan luthier & founder, Ryan Guitars

Life-changing, breathtaking, invigorating, and it’s a must-see.

Marcenae Lynette actress

What’s wonderful is the values that are expressed.

Richard Joel former president, Yeshiva University

If you have not seen the show, you have to come.

Samuel Gonzalez Suffolk County Legislator (NY)

They were like living paintings... like a dream.

Lisa & Nora Fröhlich ballet teachers & sisters

It’s amazing, it’s spectacular, and everyone is just beautiful.

Stephanie Carlson former dancer with The Joffrey Ballet

Very important—it highlights something that needs to be said.

Julio M. Shiling Cuban-American political scientist & writer

What we need during these times right now!

Denyse Jones & Alyce Jones sustainability designer (daughter) & mother (91)

It was very exhilarating, very calming, as well as very relaxing, enjoyable, colorful

Gloria Romero former California state senator

I haven’t seen a synthesis like that before, it’s wonderful.

Uwe Mies German film critic

The backdrop was incredible, it really sucks you in, you feel immersed in the environment

Greg Strause film director & producer

Very uplifting and really spoke to my heart

Melissa Fields Founder of Fields Senior Living

It makes people here more culturally aware... A very enjoyable way to educate.

Pamela Ty law firm founder & president

It was absolutely mesmerizing. I didn’t want to turn my eyes away. Huge congratulations!

Emanuelle Adkins fashion designer

The artistry, the magic behind it is just beautiful. It’s breathtaking.

Clifford Rotchka ABC News engineer (retired)

Just amazing…just seeing how you can combine dancing with art, culture and belief...

Mercedes Garcia-french U.S. attorney

I’m just totally amazed at the performers and the message that I see here.

Steve Kates TV and radio host

The Shen Yun director must be really extraordinary. I am absolutely in awe.

David West Reynolds NYT bestselling author

I was especially impressed with the music as a musician. An outstanding performance.

David Brandes music professor & conductor

It’s always great to watch the best of the best.

Rudy Revak founder of Global Ventures Partners

It was a treat for the eye, but it was also a treat for the heart and soul.

Tim Hedgepeth theater director & professor

The athleticism, the talents, the balance of all these beautiful young people… What they portrayed and showed us… It was invigorating. It was encouraging.

Paul Skousen professor & author on the U.S. Constitution

Everything was so flawless... I almost cried during certain scenes.

Aleksandra Kulakowska media professional

As somebody who’s worked with major artists... their execution has been perfect, absolutely outstanding.

Pat Conneen audio engineer, sports & entertainment

Outstanding, the athleticism and the elegance of the dancers is just incredible!

Leslie Bell Broadway performer

Amazing. Astonishing even. I can’t say enough about it.

Rosalie Jones choreographer & lecturer in dance

There’s a lot of excitement and laughter... it just cuts across cultural boundaries

Rayna Lowery & Matthew Boenker COO (defense) & aerospace engineer

It was so bright and really like meditation.

Kristina Storozhenko former television host

Shen Yun is an educational experience... Extraordinary!

Rebecca Kleefisch former Lt. Gov. & news anchor

The dancers tell the story so well—it’s just incredible!

Ruth Owen corporate trainer

I was completely lost in the culture, the colors, the landscapes. It was marvelous…

Salvatore D’orsi Italian fashion designer

It was very very captivating.

Anthony Tan marketing director

It’s so well put together... It’s literally within the blink of an eye and it’s kind of...

Gilbert James visual effects producer

I thought it was very gentle, but also very powerful.

Jane Butterworth analyst

I have seen perfection on this stage.

Donna Lynn Clabby Speaker (retired)

It was very exciting to see that somebody dares to do something really beautiful these days.

Maria Eklund Conductor—first woman ever to conduct at the Bolshoi Theatre

I’ve traveled to 70 countries, and this is the greatest performance I’ve ever seen.

Robert Travers financial advisor

I’ve never seen anything as incredible... I thought that it was...

Dannielle Gostling British actress

It almost seems not human for them to be able to do what they can do.

Marcella Lee Emmy Award-winning news anchor

It was magical! I have just emerged from a magical world of color, harmony, and perfection.

Raina Kabaivanska world-renowned opera singer

It’s just amazing to me—it’s a different China that I haven’t seen.

Richard Alvarez lawyer

You will leave inspired by humanity.

Dr. Anna Gatmon author & speaker

What’s coming across to me is the long-standing values...

Ian Stidston captain, Royal Navy

It gets you, very much inside... I can really feel...

Imogen-lily Ash dancer & dance teacher

The expression of the stories is so well told by the music. And the dancing is just spectacular.

Boris Brott orchestra conductor

Top notch. Everybody should see it. It’s so beautiful, wonderful...

Betsey Fowler painter

They’ve done an amazing job production wise... It’s very dramatic, and sometimes funny, with the monkey, and...

Melissa Watkins Co-Producer: Golden Globe Awards & Academy Awards

I know what it takes to put this kind of show on—so I wanted to clap every single moment!

Keisha Laren Clarke Gray Broadway performer with credits including “The Lion King”

I got very inspired… I dress everyone in Hollywood—I want them to dress...

Lloyd Klein fashion designer

It’s absolutely beautiful... You can feel it in your being...

Flora Karas actress with credits including “Supergirl”

I am so impressed... I go to ballets a lot, I see a lot of theater, and I’m walking away from this

Eric Carpenter executive producer

It was just so mindblowingly excellent!… I am not exaggerating when I say…

Julie Nesrallah mezzo-soprano & classical radio host

Defies description... Extraordinary magic.

La Voce Di New York

Spectacular color and gorgeous costumes... rich cultural heritage.

Huffington Post Review

Get yourself a ticket, it’s amazing.

Brooke Synnott dancer & dance teacher

The artists were not focused on themselves. They were really emanating a positive energy.

Ivana Fulminis & Jeremis Iacobacci interior designer & nephew

There were several times when I was watching this when I...

Cynthia Peeples former NBC affiliate news anchor

You go home with a renewed spirit and a wonderful feeling...

Dr. Kay Hartwig professor of music & musician

I think it’s fascinating to see the Chinese culture portrayed through dance.

Beverley Cox human resources VP

You have three ingredients blended really well together... Fantastic.

Slobodan & Tina Radumilo company vice president & spouse

Beautifully done, very spectacular, very uplifting.

Sophie Arbuckle violist & Juilliard faculty member

I think it is so important that this be preserved, and that this be shown to other people across the world.

David Flint international jurist & former chairman, Australian Broadcasting Authority and Australian Press Council

It was surely magical.

Alastair Graham Head of School (U.K.)

They used the Western instruments with the Chinese instruments so beautifully.

Barbara Jöstlein Currie musician, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

It grabbed me, it held me there. I didn’t even leave at the intermission.

Sheldon Metz actor & producer

That is the highest level of performance you can possibly achieve. I loved...

Mark Paul award-winning singer

It gives a wonderful sense of what human beings can be.

Dr. Alex Meza & Family physician

The thing that makes a really great performance is multiple levels.

Ron Jessee performing arts consultant & lecturer

I’ve never in my life been so moved. The music invoked a sense of...

Akiko Iriyama recording artist (Japan)

I was blown away by the show... What I really liked was the spiritual message that came through.

Trevor Loudon author & speaker

We’re learning so much, and being entertained all at the same time.

Kelly Lee Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia

Wonderful—absolutely marvelous. If you’re new to Chinese culture, you...

Lillygol Sedaghat journalist, National Geographic

Shen Yun is just one of those perfect masterpieces.

Alex Van Zeelandt actress & model

This show lets you escape into another universe with color, poetry, and humor, which is the exact opposite of what we experience in daily life.

Prince Jean D’orléans Duke of Vendôme (France)

It’s something not to be missed.

Matthew C. Flynn actor & producer

Everything is so, so beautiful, you have to see it.

Steve Le Houston City Council Member & family

My life will be more beautiful because of this show today.

Yukari Takata Schneider CEO

What happens in the backdrop is just absolutely... magical!

John Hamilton award-winning broadcast journalist

I don’t think I’ve ever seen dancers so precisely trained, and just enjoying their dance.

Dr. Belinda Reininger University of Texas Professor

Really appreciate the culture and the longevity of the dancing and the craft.

Candace Soles company manager

It was fantastic. First of all, I had no idea what to expect, I didn’t know what it was, I knew nothing about it.

Jody Mortara actress

Having been a performer in all of these different mediums, my hat goes off to everyone involved in the production. I thought it was wonderful.

Deprise Brescia actress

The choreography: everything on cue, everything on point.

Elliot Treend dancer and choreographer

Really this was for me just a delightful evening, much, much more engaging than I had imagined.

Ted Marmor professor emeritus, Yale University

I would say that you really need to come, that it really enriches the heart and the soul.

Laurie Evans former business owner

I think that it is a message for all of humanity, not only in China, but elsewhere, where those who seek spiritual enlightenment [and] spiritual freedom tend to be attacked because they are a threat to those who live by force.

Nate Jessup founding director of Imagine Museum

It was so beautiful, extremely colorful [and] stunning to watch. The technique was phenomenal.

Matthew And Joslyn Duncan tenor and ballet instructor

Very Inspired. Very spiritual. Very connected between heaven and earth...

Marya Beauvais And Steve Markham actress and producer/director

It was for me maybe the fourth time that I visited this performance and it’s really touching my heart...

Daniel Herman former Minister of Culture, Czech Republic

Entertainment of the highest order.

Stage Whispers

As I watch those dancers and I listen to the music, I think, ‘This is incredibly good. It’s world standard. These people can do anything.’

Prof. Arthur Waldron professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania

Entertainment of the highest order... An exemplary display of excellence.

Stage Whispers

I think the production kept to history, and sometimes when people recreate 5000 years...

Katrina Lim entrepreneur

It was amazing, the young lady just had no ceiling. We call that ring, it's that bel canto sound, where it’s an expanded sound where you get it where it resonates and it just rings.

Tom Cain award-winning singer

I’ve enjoyed each and every story. The costumes, the color—it’s elegant, it’s beautiful and it’s so much fun.

Tom Hanneman former NBA play-by-play television announcer

I looked down and I could see all the orchestra playing. It was hard to believe that it was actual live music, it was so perfect…

Derek Strunk senior military analyst

It was a beautiful way of expressing it through art, through dance, through sound—because sound is very healing. It was quite a performance.

Alyssa Alook actress & model

It seems to me to be one gigantic poem. It's beautiful.

Rod Moran award-winning poet

My favorite moment was the solo for the two string instrument, that was incredible.

Joy Farrall professor at the Guildhall School of Music

I mean I was in my seat leaning forward, wanting to see more and more of it.

Dr. Peter Rivers biologist

It’s emotional, it’s visual, it’s audible—it’s all of them and it’s very unique.

Jubal Lee Young Nashville musician

Blood, sweat and tears. Incredible dancers. Wonderful.

Avril Hagan former classical dancer

I loved it. I mean I thought it was just exquisite. It’s not like anything else I have ever seen...

Coral Drouyn theater critic

I really enjoy that they are bringing back traditional dance and interpretation of story...

John Paul Frederick painter

It's wonderful to have Shen Yun in the building and really help us elevate the level of what is performed here.

Alexander Neef General Director, Canadian Opera Company

Some of the best CGI I’ve ever seen.

Andy Dé Chief Marketing Officer

When I heard the Erhu piece, I was struck by the delicacy of the sound that came out.

Thomas Franzky classical singer (Opera)

I’m looking at the choreography and the musical influences and I see...

Philip Mann conductor (Arkansas Symphony Orchestra)

I wish I could tell each and every one of them that they were amazing. Because I know how hard it is.

Samantha Huebner professional ballerina

This is something different, this is culture, this is musical, this is spiritual—another level of connectivity with different cultures, different ethnicities, and people in the past.

Rojin Rahmani Review musician

It’s quite breathtaking... It’s very evident that the dancers of the Shen Yun company have a classical base to the way that they move.

Steven Heathcote Ballet Master, Australian National Ballet

It was absolutely fabulous, probably more exciting than...

Gerie Hansen former theater producer

I’ve worked with professional orchestras in England, and I’ve never heard anything as...

Tim Knight conductor, composer, classical guitarist

This is a must-see. I’ve seen pretty much every Broadway play, I’ve traveled and seen many shows, but this was so exciting for me.

Katrina Lim Review entrepreneur

The Shen Yun dancers perform such difficult movements very skillfully and beautifully.

Dr. Lee Soon Lim Review chair, Korean Dance Cultural Institute

It’s just unbelievably impressive.

Heidi Harmon Review mayor of San Luis Obispo, California

I tell everyone, ‘You’ve got to see this.’ It was just brilliant, it was a brilliant production.

Lee Meriwether & Marshall Borden accomplished actress & actor

I really admire what Shen Yun is doing with its music...It has profound and interesting significance.

Tsai Ming-chu Review award-winning violin maker

It touches something beautifully spiritual in all of us.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl Archbishop of Washington

It boggles the mind to see the kinds of things they can do with their body. It is just absolutely fascinating.

Consiglio Di Nino Review former Canadian senator

The colors are just so vibrant, the sparkles... I just can’t stop smiling!

Anju Uddin Review painter

Tonight’s performance was absolutely amazing. I was blown away by not just the talent, but the messaging behind the performance.

Dr. Rachel Carling-jenkins Review member of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia

This is in fact one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever witnessed in my life...

Keith & Shirley Zuehlke Review celebrating 64th anniversary

I find the music amazing. I love the traditional, ancient Chinese culture...I’m so happy to see it.

Ola Rafalo opera singer

The show is well named, because it’s all of that and more.

John Parker Review senior attorney & former city councilor, Toronto

The traditional couture of the Shen Yun costumes were beautiful. They were something I would certainly not forget.

Jason Grech Review award-winning fashion designer

To be able to come and see this show is one of the great thrills of my life.

Gail Grover Review retired flight attendant

That was absolutely superb… everything was just so ethereal.

Cheryl Miller Review former ballerina

The beauty was absolutely divine. It was beyond just what I could sense—I used all five of my senses and I still needed more.

Anastasia Athans Review creative director

It’s an incredibly beautiful, entertaining show…It’s superb.

Jean Smart Review three-time Emmy Award-winning actress

On the other side of the globe, there is this entire beautiful race of people who have the same feelings inside that we do...

Terry Anderson Review project manager

I thought the mix of instruments worked very well...It’s really a treat to come to.

Wayne Cameron Review trumpet professor, Peabody Institute

I can take pride in my culture through this...I think the medium is very, very powerful. It’s very good.

John Ching Review attorney & interpreter

The dancers are spectacular in their movements, and the orchestra is wonderful and...

Peter Kent Review Member of Parliament, former Minister of the Environment, Canada

You must go…or you’ll never forgive yourself for what you didn’t find out.

Nancy Brock Review former actress, associate producer

Loved it, loved it, loved it... All the flowy fabrics—so beautiful in the way they move.

Rebecca Hodges Review painter

This was a little respite from the outside world, where we could enjoy…

Christopher Popa Review librarian, Chicago Public Library

It was magical. It was amazing. I think everyone should see it—it’s beautiful, it’s like a painting coming to life.

Sarah Le Review graphic artist

Fantastic! The costumes, the dancing, the choreographing, the music, everything was just spectacular!

Ellen R. Sauerbrey former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

I could see that they put a lot of hard work into training every single day to make everything so perfect.

Jackel Wai & Alexandra Mo Review fitness professionals

Masterful... I certainly thought this was the most spectacular of all of the different shows.

Leif Bristow Review film & tv director and producer

Very fine musicianship. Very fine artistry. Really moving…

Scott Harris Review bassist, Virginia Symphony Orchestra

Wonderful! I will be back next year with more people.

Chin-chien Wu company president & Rotary Club member

They’re tremendously talented and disciplined, and they dance beautifully.

James Kenney Review Mayor of Philadelphia

I think the culture just reached across all cultures...It was uplifting, it made me feel happy.

Scott & Sarah Ritchie manager of international shipping company & spouse

Beyond what the human body can perform! I don’t think this can be duplicated or done any better.

Alexander Zureikat Review physician

Oh, it’s so beautiful... Her birthday was Friday, so we surprised her with tickets!

Christina Dryden mother & nurse

On every level, it was just—you just never stop marveling!

Sharalyn Pliler author

This is... a moment to come and just be totally inspired. You have to see it.

Denyse Baboolal choreographer

Whoever put it all together is a genius... Remarkable!

Robert Vogt board member, Boston Symphony Orchestra

This was right up there with the very very best… You know that they’re dancing from the inside out.

Judith Clark ballet teacher & former principal dancer, Boston Ballet

Oh my goodness! Romantic! The most stunning, the most colorful!

Louis Kraml hospital administrator, retired

It actually introduces you not just to the external events of the historical narrative of China, but actually to values...

Mustafah Dhada professor of history

They’ve got amazing facial expressions, and they really bring so much happiness and feeling to every part they’re playing up there.

Debbe Dunning actress & model, best known for "Home Improvement"

Truly superb... The stories were fascinating, and I feel...

Misako Ohashi Japanese playwright

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