A spokesman for the group discusses the overwhelming positive feedback behind the show, even as the CCP continues to rally against it.
These days, it’s easy for something to receive an overwhelming amount of hatred, especially with the way social media is set up.
The Chinese Communist Party has been going out of its way to fight back against the Shen Yun production, which celebrates all things Chinese culture. It’s even gone as far as to collaborate with several U.S. outlets and YouTube personalities, in an effort to spread even more hatred against it.
However, even with all that going, we’re seeing a number of overwhelming positive stories from people that have seen the show and praised it based upon its production values and messaging.
A dance teacher named Nick Tax, alongside his fiancée Ana Turcu, has expressed that Shen Yun “fills me with life,” saying it makes him want to “perfect myself” more than ever.
For that matter, company vice president Cindy Guinasso, alongside her husband Angelo, called Shen Yun “wonderful” and “amazing to see” as a whole.
Classical ballet dancer Tihana Trupeljak-Bujanic also believes the show was “really amazing” and “you can see the soul,” something very rare in productions nowadays.
With that, a spokesman for Shen Yun joins us now to discuss these online praises, and how they stand out amidst the ongoing negativity seen from different sources. We welcome them to the show!
Q&A:
- Why are so many against the Shen Yun production to begin with? Do they really have that level of hatred against the people at Falun Gong?
- How have you been reacting to that? Has it affected the performance in any way?
- What about the growing number of positive reviews about the show? Are you surprised how many people take away something from it? Or is this expected?
- Do you think we’ll see more positive reviews of the show to balance out against the negative ones? Could we see even more praise as the show continues to tour?
- You recently came across a bomb scare during one of the performances. How have you recovered from that, and how well have organizers been working with you regarding these threats?
- Where can we learn more about the beautiful art of Shen Yun, and how it motivates others?
- The official website can be found here. Tickets to shows are also available there for purchase.
FROM SHEN YUN
ABOUT LEVI BROWDE…
Levi Browde serves as the Executive Director with the New York-based Falun Dafa Information Center – an organization dedicated to ending the human rights abuses against people who practice Falun Gong in China.
A career software entrepreneur, Levi’s life changed dramatically in 1999 when his best friend came to the office one morning and announced the Chinese Communist Party had taken away his mother in Beijing to be tortured and “brainwashed.” This marked the beginning of his volunteer work to defend human rights in China. Two years later, Levi himself was detained in a Chinese jail outside Beijing for secretly meeting with Western reporters and protesting on Tiananmen Square.
Over the past 20 years, Browde has been interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, the Associated Press, TIME Magazine, BBC, AFP, and other media outlets. He has spoken about Falun Gong and human rights in China at briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, at the United Nations human rights sessions in Geneva, Switzerland.
Browde studied East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University and is an avid supporter of traditional Chinese culture. He founded several software start-ups, and lives in New York with his wife and two sons.
Samples of Levi on camera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS3RS4vJguI
https://tv.faluninfo.net/unmasking-chinas-gestapo-610-office/
https://tv.faluninfo.net/levi-browde-exposes-the-new-york-times-distorted-coverage-of-human-rights/
ABOUT LEESHAI LEMISH…
Leeshai Lemish was born in the United States. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Chinese history from Pomona College, California, and his master’s in international relations from the London School of Economics. He has spent extended periods studying, working, and conducting research throughout East Asia, and has authored articles on Chinese current affairs published in both English and Chinese. He joined Shen Yun Performing Arts when the company was founded in 2006 and has since emceed around 1,500 performances with the company, appearing with Shen Yun at prestigious theaters such as Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center in the U.S., the London Coliseum, Tokyo Opera City, and many other venues around the world.
ABOUT JARED MADSEN…
Jared was one of the first students from Iowa to study in China where he fell in love with Chinese culture. For the past 18 years, Jared has served as MC for Shen Yun Performing Arts.
Samples of Jared on camera:
https://www.shenyuncreations.com/video/_video_8c5f163284fe4e9281ac40a7c85f684c/An-Inside-Look-at-Shen-YunE28093And-How-ItE28099s-Defying-the-CCPE28099s-Global-Campaign-to-Cancel-It-?pid=p_DaJ4kSAASRyd&view=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTRDEDglS24
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