What It’s Really Like to Be an Artist at Shen Yun

DEERPARK, N.Y.—Two hours from Manhattan, deep in the rolling hills, a 400-acre performing arts campus rewinds the clock thousands of years to China’s ancient Tang Dynasty. Artists rise for a new day of stretching, jumping, and perfecting their techniques. They run laps around the lake, finishing as golden rays hit the temple roofs. The site, known as Dragon Springs, is what Marilyn Yang, a lead dancer with Shen Yun Performing Arts, calls home. “There’s nowhere else in the world that’s like this,” Yang told The Epoch Times. “It’s a place where we feel at peace.”...