Date: Jan 6-16th 2011
Venue: David J. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Shen Yun Performing Arts, formerly known as Divine Performing Arts, is a performing arts and entertainment company based in New York City. It performs classical Chinese dance, ethnic and folk dance, and story-based dance.
Founded in 2006, the Shen Yun troupe is often associated with the Falun Gong spiritual practice, and performances around the world are hosted by local Falun Dafa Associations. Kelly Wen, Master of Ceremonies for Shen Yun, stated that the underlying ideas of the performance is to “revive the essence of 5000 years of culture”, which Wen described as a lost art destroyed by the Chinese communist government.
Shen Yun presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music. A performance by Shen Yun is a presentation of traditional Chinese culture as it once was: a study in grace, wisdom, and the virtues distilled from the five millennia of Chinese civilization.
For more info: www.shenyunperformingarts.org or http://tickets.davidhkochtheater.com/Default.aspx?sStatus=new