Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts: Buy One Ticket, Get One Half Off
Posted By admin on November 27, 2009
Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts will be at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre from January 15-17, 2010. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s what you need to know: It’s classical Chinese music & dance. But, it pulls in Western influences, gorgeous costumes & sets, and choreography that’s “brilliant,” per Broadway World. Based on the pictures I’ve seen, it’ll be a visually stunning performance. It’s a new program, too, so even if you saw Shen Yun one of the last two times it was in the city, it’ll be a new experience.
Shen Yun Performing Arts is offering Atlanta on the Cheap’s readers an exclusive deal: If you buy one ticket, you can get one at 50% off. Translation: You can buy Grand Tier seats for $29 each (reg. $39). The deal is valid for all four shows: January 15 at 7:30 p.m., January 16 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., and January 17 at 2:00 p.m.
To get the deal, call Alex Wang at 404-353-5550 or email info@atlshow.com and mention Atlanta on the Cheap. You must call or email by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, November 30.
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is located at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta.
–Jennifer Maciejewski
This show has “politically motivated” content. Shen Yun Performing Arts, formerly known as Divine Performing Arts, is a Falun Gong-affiliated company. Their shows are not advertised as being inspired by Falun Gong, but contain scenes depicting the persecution of its practitioners in China.
You can find more here – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/nyregion/06splendor.html
I would also recommend to check Wikipedia for more information.
This is a new production. But assuming it does depict the persecution of Falun Gong practicioners, I’d be more concerned about the persecution of a group for their religious beliefs than the depiction of that persecution in a theatrical production. Calling it politically motivated content, in my view, is the equivalent of saying that RENT is a politically motivated attempt to make society more accepting of homosexual relationships & AIDS. There’s art for art’s sake, and there’s art that reflects reality. It’s up to each of us to determine our comfort level with the latter. Or the former, for that matter–some art for art’s sake is just painful. For more information about the production, visit: http://atlshow.com/ .
~Jenn
I have enjoyed the show in last year and the cast received an enthusiastic standing ovation. Nobody fell any nonchalance, at least it’s for me and my friends. Yes, Falungong don’t like China Communist Party, but so did I. I don’t think it be called like “politically motivated”