{"id":39264,"date":"2025-07-01T08:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T06:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/?p=39264"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:30:55","slug":"between-applause-and-aversion-shen-yun-and-the-paradox-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/between-applause-and-aversion-shen-yun-and-the-paradox-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Applause and Aversion: Shen Yun and the Paradox of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39264\" class=\"elementor elementor-39264 elementor-39134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-068c375 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"068c375\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bf58d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bf58d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>by Taylor Carter<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2320eb5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2320eb5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a166925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a166925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The lights dim. Golden curtains slide aside. In front of a twinkling LED decor, fairy dancers float across the stage. Welcome to Shen Yun, a colorful spectacle that presents itself as an ode to 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. Every year, it attracts millions of visitors in Western cities, from Paris to New York to Amsterdam. But behind the swaying silks and theatrical symphonies is a movement that is much more than dance alone.       <p class=\"login-prompt members-only-prompt\">This content is for members only. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vnc-china.nl%2Fen%2Fbetween-applause-and-aversion-shen-yun-and-the-paradox-of-freedom%2F\">log in<\/a> to view.<\/p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Taylor Carter The lights dim. Golden curtains slide aside. In front of a twinkling LED decor, fairy dancers float across the stage. Welcome to Shen Yun, a colorful spectacle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":755,"featured_media":39138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[333,334],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chinanu","category-culture-and-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39934,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264\/revisions\/39934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}