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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 ...
Dragon Springs, also known as the Mountain, [1] is a 427-acre (1.73 km 2) compound in Deerpark, New York, US that is the headquarters of the global Falun Gong new religious movement and the Shen Yun performance arts troupe. [2] Falun Gong founder and leader Li Hongzhi [a] lives near the compound, as do hundreds of Falun Gong adherents. Members ...
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. [281]
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)
Li has called The Epoch Times "our media", along with the NTD digital production company and the Shen Yun dance troupe. [13] [41] Two former employees said that top editors traveled to meet with Li at Falun Gong's compound, Dragon Springs, where he weighed in on editorial and strategic decisions; The Epoch Times denied that a meeting took place ...
Over the years Shen Yun and Epoch Times, while nominally separate organizations, have operated in tandem in Falun Gong's ongoing PR campaign against the Chinese government, taking directions from Li. Despite its conservative agenda, Epoch Times took pains until recently to avoid wading into partisan U.S. politics.
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Xu is said to come from a poor family in Shandong province and to have studied at the Qingdao University of Science and Technology.According to other sources, he is a Chinese American and has studied at the George Washington University.