Shen Yun is a performance by a cult – True
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“Shen Yun is a performance by a cult.”
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Shen Yun is a touring performing arts company founded in 2006 by practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party designate as a cult. Major news outlets and official Chinese sources describe Shen Yun as being organized by this group, confirming that the performance is linked to a movement widely labeled a cult.
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- Facts about the So-called "Shen Yun" Performance by the "Falun Gong"_Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York All Rights
But in fact, under the disguise of cultural and art activities, the performances were full of cult messages, smear of and implied attacks against the Chinese Government. Li Hongzhi himself has claimed openly that it was he who instructed the various "Falun Gong" groups to organize the "Shen ...
- KIND REMINDER: “Shen Yun” is a banned CULT performance
“Shen Yun ” is NOT an authentic Chinese arts show, but a performance sponsored by Falun Gong, a cult banned by the Chinese government since July 1999.
- Behind the scenes of Shen Yun - CBS News
The Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, calls the group behind Shen Yun an evil cult. Known as Falun Gong, it's a spiritual movement rooted in Buddhism.
- The traditional Chinese dance troupe China doesn’t want you to see | China | The Guardian
In the posters designed to attract the culture lovers of Berlin or London, the performers simply share an ancient artform. “Shen Yun was established in New York in 2006 by elite Chinese artists,” the origin story on their website reads.
- What is Shen Yun – the Chinese dance troupe that received a bomb threat causing the evacuation of The Lodge? | Haiqing Yu for the Conversation | The Guardian
Based in New York and touring globally, the classical Chinese dance and music company Shen Yun was established in 2006 by the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Photograph: Sabine Kindel/SBC Press ...
- 5 Takeaways From The Times’s Coverage of Shen Yun - The New York Times
The dance group has exploited its ... a publicity boost from The Epoch Times. ... Shen Yun began touring about two decades ago as a way to spread the teachings of Falun Gong.Credit...The New York Times...
- Former dancers sue Shen Yun, alleging forced child labor and brutal conditions : NPR
Two former dancers allege that they lived under a culture of fear and routinely performed despite injuries. Shen Yun has vehemently denied the claims.
- Shen Yun Performing Arts | 9 Things Some Media Reports Get Wrong About Shen Yun
Some media reports elevate a handful of former performers whose accounts contradict the statements of hundreds of current and former members who describe overwhelmingly positive experiences with Shen Yun. Read a petition from 766 current and former performers calling the allegations against Shen Yun “gross distortions and false narratives about our work, our faith, and our way of life.”
- Shen Yun - Wikipedia
Allegations against the organization has included forced child labor, emotional abuse and manipulation, financial coercion, and discouraging performers from seeking medical treatment for injuries on religious grounds. In 2006, a group of expatriate Falun Gong practitioners living in North America founded Shen Yun in New York. The stated purpose of the company was to revive Chinese culture ...
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