19.2.4.5. Shen Yun Performing Arts (神韵艺术团, Falun Gong media)
A good testimony from an ordinary employee from 2013: Aarvoll’s account.
Openly directly controlled by Li Hongzhi (李洪志, LHZ, Falun Gong prophet). He features as director on librettos, e.g. the 2013 one (credited "D. F." (Da Fa) and with his photo).
Shen Yun’s headquarters are also located in/near Dragon Springs (龙泉, Falun Gong’s headquarters in New York State).
Li mentions Shen Yun in canon: https://gb.falundafa.org/chigb/jiangfa11_2.htm
On thing Ciro couldn’t help but notice is that the "CCP guards beating up Falun Gong people" scenes felt a lot like Revolutinary operas of the Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1954–1976) period in their aesthetics. Maybe this is an intentional reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mQ8plzWl9g "They tried to get me to post Chinese propaganda" by J.J. McCullough (2019) talks about Shen Yun and Falun Gong in general, and how he was offered to post anti-Shen Yun propaganda for 500 dollars.
A good testimony from an ordinary employee from 2013: Aarvoll’s account.
Openly directly controlled by Li Hongzhi (李洪志, LHZ, Falun Gong prophet). He features as director on librettos, e.g. the 2013 one (credited "D. F." (Da Fa) and with his photo).
Shen Yun’s headquarters are also located in/near Dragon Springs (龙泉, Falun Gong’s headquarters in New York State).
Li mentions Shen Yun in canon: https://gb.falundafa.org/chigb/jiangfa11_2.htm
On thing Ciro couldn’t help but notice is that the "CCP guards beating up Falun Gong people" scenes felt a lot like Revolutinary operas of the Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1954–1976) period in their aesthetics. Maybe this is an intentional reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mQ8plzWl9g "They tried to get me to post Chinese propaganda" by J.J. McCullough (2019) talks about Shen Yun and Falun Gong in general, and how he was offered to post anti-Shen Yun propaganda for 500 dollars.