Shen Yun Performing Arts 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.

At a time when the influence of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism was strong in the Middle Kingdom, art was a means of connecting with the higher universe. Artists cultivated virtue and engaged in study and meditation, because they believed that to create true art worthy of the heavens, there must first be inner beauty and purity. Today, Shen Yun's artists follow in this noble tradition.

Over the past 60-plus years under Chinese Communist Party rule - and especially during campaigns such as the Cultural Revolution—much of China's traditional culture has been destroyed. With China's 5,000-year history steeped in rich values and the idea that humanity and the divine are intertwined Shen Yun's mission is to revive the spirit of this divinely bestowed culture. This idea is built right into the name "Shen Yun," which in context translates as "the beauty of divine beings dancing."

Among the company's artists are members from renowned ensembles and music schools, and winners of international singing and dance competitions. Shen Yun's accomplished choreographers aim to present classical Chinese dance, an art form still new to the West, in its purest and most beautiful form.

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