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January 28, 2010

On January 27, 2010, the Shen Yun Performing Arts group held a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC, regarding the refusal of Hong Kong authorities to allow members of their pro-human rights Chinese cultural show to perform in Hong Kong.   Days before the Shen Yun Performing Arts was scheduled to perform in Hong Kong, visas for their production staff were denied, preventing their production staff with specialized knowledge of how to manage the Shen Yun performance and choreography from entering Hong Kong.  The result of the visa denial was the cancellation of sold-out shows of the Shen Yun performances, affecting 7,700 ticketed audience members. Continue reading

“These local officials were following the lead of their overlords in Beijing. It is always sad to see censorship and repression of this kind spreading to places like Hong Kong, who were once beacons of freedom and hope in the world…”

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Last week, the world’s premiere Chinese classical music and dance company, Shen Yun Performing Arts, returned to Washington, DC and performed for over 33,000 Washingtonians in seven sold-out shows at The Kennedy Center. This week, Shen Yun remains in DC, but not to perform.

On January 27, Shen Yun was scheduled to make their first and highly-anticipated appearance in Hong Kong. However, their performances were abruptly cancelled due to the surprise, last-minute visa denials of seven key crew members.

The Hong Kong shows were particularly important because Continue reading

2月18日下午，神韵艺术团二胡演奏家美旋的先生江峰在赴美探亲的过程中，在上海浦东机场经过安检入口后、在登机前突然失踪，被指遭到上海610、国安的绑架。图为上海浦东机场。（网络图片）神韵艺术团二胡演奏家美旋（神韵官方网站）

【大纪元2月21日讯】（大纪元记者辛菲报导）2月18日下午，美国神韵国际艺术团二胡演奏家美旋的先生江峰在赴美探亲的过程中，在上海浦东机场经过安检 入口后、在登机前突然失踪。美旋表示，先生的失踪必是遭到中共上海当局、610办绑架，她正告上海610“必须立即释放我的先生。” Continue reading

January 26, 2010 Tuesday

Dance troupe cancels Falun Gong shows
BYLINE: Joshua But

A US-based dance troupe invited by the city’s Falun Gong groups to perform in Hong Kong has cancelled its seven sell-out shows after the Immigration Department rejected the visa appeals of six members.

The six people from Shen Yun Performing Arts, holding American, Canadian or Australian passports, had their employment visa applications turned down a week before the scheduled shows at the Lyric Theatre in Wan Chai from Wednesday. Continue reading

“The six people are not replaceable. The technicians are the only ones with the expertise in our troupe,” Hui said. “The department has asked us to find someone to replace them in Hong Kong. It doesn’t make sense. How can we find someone to replace them in a few days’ time? And we don’t have the time to brief them and do all the rehearsal again,” she said.

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余若薇立法會議員的信

Legislator Audrey Eu’s letter

“過往有多少個相若團體一上述之理據而被拒諸入境?” Continue reading

熱點互動直播 – 神韻舞動中華風 擦邊香港

神韻巡迴藝術團的團長李維娜女士和主持人林理善加上資深評論員橫河先

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【新唐人2010年1月27日訊】各位觀眾大家好，歡迎收看《熱點互動》直播節目，很高興和您又見面了。美國神韻藝術團向全球吹起了一股中華文化的旋風，就在中國新年前後的幾個月裡，他們以文化表演的形式，把傳統的中華文化濃縮展現在全世界人的面前。

在短短的三、四年裡面，美國神韻藝術團不但風靡了西方世界，就連到充滿傳統中華表演藝術以及民間藝術的台灣都是場場爆滿。

但是我們感到很遺憾的是在香港政府的刁難下，原本預計到香港登場的這場神韻中華風卻擦邊而過。那麼神韻藝術團的魅力到底在哪裡？中共為什麼這麼懼怕神韻？我們今天利用一個小時時間和各位探討這個話題。首先我們在節目一開始，我們先放一段影片，讓大家來認識神韻藝術團

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（旁白）美妙似來自仙界的音樂，令人驚歎的舞蹈，引人入勝的景觀，永恆的傳奇故事。

塞瑞碧（職業演員）：太棒了！ Continue reading