According to Michel Czehatowski, an acupuncturist in LA, USA, Shen Yun performance was disappointing, just like getting pulled into a Church and being forced to sit through Bible lectures when you really don't want to be there and have no interest in it. The following is his blog posted on the Riverlands.
Shen Yun
The performance started timely and the initial dancers were very good. After the first dance two MC's came on stage and introduced the performances in English and Chinese. The following dancer's were very good also and they used some high tech blending of animation with the dancers to make spectacular stories. But... not far into the performance we started to get the religious message which was of their belief in "FaLun Dafa" probably better known as "FaLun Gong". I don't actually think they used the word Falun Gong. They started off talking about "Dafa" and talking about the persecution of their religion in China.
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They also talked about how they couldn't have their performance in mainland China because of their beliefs. Well, Falun Gong is outlawed in China. It's not a surprise that they can't show it there especially when several of the dances have scenes of "government" bad guys beating the "good" Falun Gongers. In one of the final dances there was someone holding a banner of Chinese characters that read "Falun Dafa is good". Most Americans can't read Chinese but I can read a little and I understood what the banner said.
So my disappointment lies in the fact that I paid good money to be entertained and ended up seeing a performance that tried to make me sympathetic to their religion. It's like getting pulled into a Church and being forced to sit through Bible lectures when you really don't want to be there and have no interest in it. Don't get me wrong. People can believe what they want to. Just don't lie to me about what you're trying to do so you can force me to sit through it.
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So my recommendation is that if you are considering going be well advised that there will be attempts to convert you to their belief system and you will have to listen to their propaganda.
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Mr. Michel Czehatowski is a male health care provider in Redding, CA with Acupuncture listed as his primary specialization.
Source:
http://theriverlands.blogspot.com/2017/01/shun-yun-was-disappointing.html