{"id":149032,"date":"2026-02-09T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149032\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:15:12","slug":"shen-yun-performers-are-getting-back-to-whats-important-in-this-world-st-petersburg-theatergoer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149032\/","title":{"rendered":"Shen Yun Performers Are Getting \u2018Back to What\u2019s Important\u2019 in This World: St. Petersburg Theatergoer"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u2014Shen Yun<\/a> Performing Arts has a new vision for how people can coexist peacefully in this chaotic world, and theatergoers in St. Petersburg, Florida, including several artists, were stirred by the group\u2019s message when the dance company performed in the Duke Energy Center for the Arts on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Chinese culture is \u201cso oriented towards people, individuals, taking care of others, respecting others. And that message was presented here today, and it\u2019s very much missed here in the U.S.,\u201d said Kim Tice, a music teacher who saw Shen Yun and spoke to The Epoch Times after the performance.<\/p>\n

That message includes getting \u201cback to what\u2019s important\u201d and \u201cfocusing on what\u2019s best for all of us in our society,\u201d she said\u2014as well as \u201cstepping back from the era of cellphone media and all the chaos in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through ancient Chinese myths and legends, Shen Yun<\/a> teaches the values of ancient times, which it says were \u201calmost lost\u201d in campaigns like China\u2019s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. Under the communist regime, atheism was promoted widely, and spirituality was denounced. Through music and dance, Shen Yun now aims to revive<\/a> the traditional spiritual culture of China, which is steeped in Buddhist and Daoist beliefs.Ms. Tice watched Shen Yun draw on those spiritual roots<\/a>and found them \u201cvery uplifting.\u201d She said she \u201cjust wish[ed] that this philosophy would blossom and grow everywhere in the world.\u201d\"Shen<\/p>\n

Shen Yun Performing Arts\u2019 curtain call at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Feb. 7, 2026. Gary Wang\/The Epoch Times<\/p>\n

As ethnic dances and dynasties played out during the two-hour performance, Shen Yun\u2019s live orchestra flowed seamlessly with the dancers\u2019 movements. Ricky Allan, a musician and vocalist, watched and listened<\/a> to the performers, feeling comforted and warmed. \u201cI would call that therapeutic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While Mr. Allan\u2019s specialty is musical instruments, such as the piano and guitar, he was also very keen on the athleticism of Shen Yun\u2019s dancers, who perform classical Chinese dance.<\/p>\n

Mr. Allan found the energetic Mongolian<\/a> dance \u201cvery interesting and different,\u201d he said. \u201cThe male dancers are extremely athletic and well-trained, and the ladies are beautifully, exquisitely talented.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watching the dozens of dancers flow in unison, Bernice DuBro-Clark, who teaches ballroom dancing and attended the same show, was also impressed. \u201cThe movements\u2014I appreciate it because I know what it takes to do something like that,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re so synchronized and talented. Very, very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. DuBro-Clark attended with several of her students, introducing Shen Yun\u2019s artistry, message, and values to new, fledgling dance artists. They said the performance was wonderful and that they \u201cenjoyed the dancing very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting by Lily Yu, Sally Sun, and Michael Wing.<\/p>\n

NTD is a media sponsor of\u00a0Shen Yun Performing Arts, covering\u00a0audience reactions\u00a0since 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u2014Shen Yun Performing Arts has a new vision for how people can coexist peacefully in this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-149032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}