Shen Yun Performing Arts at Benedum Center (Sat., 3/21/26)

SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS (dance and theater extravaganza). Touring company at Benedum Center. March 21 – 22. 

In what has become an annual custom, the Shen Yun Performing Arts troupe visits Pittsburgh with a feature-length dance-and-drama show. Shen Yun’s productions may seem, at first, like a cross between Bollywood spectacle and some odd hybrid of Western dance, but they are distinctly Chinese. The performers’ mesmerizing movements and leaps are drawn from classical Chinese dance, which evolved over the millennia to incorporate elements of martial arts, acrobatics, storytelling, pantomime, and spiritual expression. These elements are combined with modern stagecraft to dramatize folk tales and true stories from China’s long history. The show is presented by the Greater Philadelphia Falun Dafa Association, part of the larger Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong) movement. Visit the Cultural Trust page for tickets. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Cultural District. (M.V.)

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