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Shen Yun Performing Arts, formerly known as Divine Performing Arts, is a performing-arts and entertainment company based in New York.〔 The Mission statement of Shen Yun Performing Arts〕 It performs classical Chinese dance, ethnic and folk dance, and story-based dance,〔 with orchestral accompaniment and solo performers. The Shen Yun website translates the phrase ''shen yun'' as "the beauty of divine beings dancing".〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title = Frequently Asked Questions ) 〕 Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by practitioners of Falun Gong, the spiritual discipline, with the mission of reviving "the essence of 5000 years of Chinese culture," which it states to have been nearly destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party government.〔(About the company )〕 Performances around the world are hosted by local Falun Dafa Associations. The group is composed of three performing arts companies: The New York Company, The Touring Company, and the International Company, with of a total of over 200 performers. For seven months a year, Shen Yun Performing Arts tours to over 130 cities across Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia.〔 Shen Yun's shows have been staged in several leading theaters, including New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,〔 Elise Knutsen, (‘Shen Yun Performance Brings out Stars and Awareness’ ), ''New York Observer'', 5 July 2011. 〕 London’s Royal Festival Hall, Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, Paris' Le Palais de Congrès.〔 The company has performed extensively in Taiwan, but has yet to perform in Mainland China or Hong Kong. The show's acts and production staff are trained at Shen Yun’s headquarters in Cuddebackville, in Orange County, New York.〔 ==History== Expatriate Chinese Falun Gong practitioners living in North America founded Shen Yun in 2006 in New York.〔 The company’s first tour took place in 2007, when the company comprised 90 dancers, musicians, soloists and production staff.〔〔Adriana Rambay Fernandez, ( Dancing around the world ), Hudson Reporter, 22 January 2012.〕 Shen Yun states that its underlying mission is to "revive the essence of 5000 years of Chinese culture", which it asserts to have been nearly demolished by the Chinese Communist government.〔 Initially the shows were titled "Chinese Spectacular",〔〔 "Holiday Wonders", Chinese New Year Splendor, and "Divine Performing Arts", but now the company performs under the name "Shen Yun." As of 2009, Shen Yun had expanded to three full companies and orchestras that tour the world simultaneously.〔Shen Yun Performing Arts ( About the Company )〕 By the end of the 2010 season, approximately one million people had seen the troupe perform.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shen Yun Performing Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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