‘Shen Yun Is a Little Slice of Heaven’: Attorney

Apr 13, 2025Shen Yun

NEW YORK CITY—Brothers Greg and Richard Martello had celebrated their birthdays seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts—twice.

“This is the second time we’re seeing the show. We loved it that much,” said Mr. Greg Martello, an attorney, on April 12 at Lincoln Center, where Shen Yun is nearing the end of its two-and-a-half week run.

“He’s younger,” Mr. Richard Martello, a teacher, said. “And the funny thing is, he took me for my birthday last week. And now I’m taking him for his birthday this week. We love it that much.”

New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company. Through music and dance, Shen Yun’s mission is to show audiences the beauty of China before communism.

Mr. Greg Martello explained what they enjoyed about the performance so much, beginning with “The distinctive colors, the costumes, the choreographed dance, the uplifting spirit of it, feeling so good when you see it.”

“It takes you on a magical journey,” he said. “When you come there, the dance and the color, the pageantry of it, and just the stories, each story had such a nice warm uplifting feeling to it.

He said one absolutely feels “a lot of positive energy.”

“It’s like Shen Yun is a little slice of heaven,” he said. “It’s very positive. If you’re feeling depressed or anything like that, this will uplift you and raise your spirits—heavenly. It’s like a magical mystery tour.”

Mr. Richard Martello agreed, finding the spiritual nature of the traditional culture a nice reminder.

“It definitely awakened your feelings of ‘don’t forget there’s another side to life,’ not just on earth, but in heaven for sure. It awakened your spirituality for sure,” he said.

Mr. Greg Martello said they would be seeing Shen Yun again next year.

Reporting by Sally Sun and Catherine Yang.

From The Epoch Times

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