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AUGUSTA, Ga.—Dr. Cooper saw Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time in Augusta on March 13.
Dr. Cooper is a distinguished, globe-trotting scholar. She has an MBA and a Ph.D. She has taught abroad and now teaches both at a well known university and online. She does cultural presentations for businesses and guides PhD candidates. She has recently published her first novel. Her sister, a retired school principal, calls her “my renaissance sister.”
She liked the drum dance, Drummers of the Tang Court. “That was special. The amount of weight that [they] would have to take on the back of their necks and to still continue to dance … I thought that was just incredible strength for them to be able to do that."
What touched her most was her conversation with the Shen Yun orchestra conductor after the show. “He told me he was in exile for religious persecution.” Mr. Chen, his wife, and son all practice Falun Dafa. He and Dr. Cooper spoke through a translator.
Mr. Chen said his son was almost persecuted to death. All of his family memvers were jailed by the communist regime. His son came to the United States and regained his health. He is a composer, and Mrs. Chen is a flutist.
Dr. Cooper looked very touched as she said, “It felt very spiritual. It felt very good. You could feel it.” She was moved by the idea of a person being steadfast in his belief.
Her cousin, Dr. Cooper, is also distinguished. He has started two companies, an entertainment company and an IT company. He, too, holds a doctorate.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Shen Yun Performing Arts 2009 World Tour. For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
