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A Shen Yun ad is seen on the outside of the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, in San Jose, California. (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images)
Shen Yun has performed in front of millions [6] and has toured more than 200 cities across Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia. [4] [6] [7] Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by Chinese expatriate adherents of Falun Gong, and is based at the Dragon Springs compound in Deerpark, New York, near where the group's leader Li Hongzhi and his followers ...
Li's date of birth became a controversy after 1999. Falun Gong sources published that Li was born on 13 May 1951. [2] ... Over the years Shen Yun and Epoch Times ...
The New Yorker 's review of Shen Yun called The Epoch Times "the world's foremost purveyor of Shen Yun content". [22] Since 2009, The Epoch Times has published 17,000 articles related to Shen Yun, promoting it and attacking its critics by insinuating that they are agents of the Chinese Communist Party. [43]
Controversy Swirls, Legal Threats Fly After Sundance Documentary ‘The Stringer’ Questions Origin of Iconic ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo Brent Lang January 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in the United States formed Shen Yun Performing Arts, a dance and music company that tours internationally. Falun Gong software developers in the United States are also responsible for the creation of several popular censorship-circumvention tools employed by internet users in China.
The show ended with the Single Ladies hitmaker elevated on a scaffold above the field, making a finger-gun gesture as a Bang banner unfurled behind her, The Express reported on Thursday.
During Shen Yun's 2024 season, the company's eight touring troupes performed over 800 shows on five continents. By 2024, Shen Yun accumulated $266 million in assets mainly through ticket sales and by keeping its costs down through numerous volunteer hours and sometimes personal savings of Falun Gong adherents. [282]