Calgary Audience Sees Light in Shen Yun

Calgary Audience Sees Light in Shen Yun
Ray Massey and his granddaughter at the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance at Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on April 15, 2025. (Maple Lynn/The Epoch Times)
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CALGARY, Alberta—Getting out of a dark spot was something that Ray Massey has experienced and seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts was a reminder of the spiritual connection he found that brought him into the light.

“I kind of ended up in a dark place in my life and I needed to come to believe in that spiritual connection that took me out of the darkness—kind of what I’ve seen here—and into the light where I can live a life today that’s full of joy,” Mr. Massey, chair of Alberta Board of Skill Trades, shared.

Shen Yun is based in New York, and its mission is to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
“I really like it. I love the color. I love the dancing. It’s just they’re so athletic and there’s a story to be told. I get to witness it through dance, which I really appreciate,” Mr. Massey said.

Shen Yun’s artists are trained in classical Chinese dance, and with its art, Shen Yun is sharing the beauty of China before communism as well as the crimes of the Chinese Communist Party with the world.

“I’m from a democratic country, so it’s sad, because it’s so beautiful. I’m a spiritual person. I love the spiritual connection. I look at China the way it was, I really do appreciate that. And it’s so sad that they get persecuted the way they do,” Mr. Massey said.

Mr. Massey was referring to the dance portraying the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The dance depicts Falun Gong practitioners meditating and the Creator coming to rescue them from a dire situation.

“It’s more about the connection to the Creator, and there was meditation in there, which I really appreciate because I practice meditation. I have a belief in a creator, so I like when I see it expressed like that on the stage, like that—a form I don’t often see, so I really do appreciate,” he said.

Reporting by Maple Lynn and Maria Han.

From The Epoch Times

NTD is a media sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts, covering audience reactions since 2006.