&#65279;{"id":495,"date":"2013-08-13T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/?p=495"},"modified":"2014-08-16T22:08:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T05:08:49","slug":"shen-yun-principal-dancer-sebastien-chun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatestperformance.org\/shen-yun-principal-dancer-sebastien-chun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shen Yun Principal Dancer Sebastien Chun, Dancing All the Way from Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\" (Sebastien Chun)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shenyunperformingarts.org\/data\/image\/small\/2013\/06\/25\/73a427badebe0e32caa2e1fc7530b7f3.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Principal Dancer Seongho Chun practicing his tumbling techniques at a gymnasium in Los Angeles, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some artists of the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts have fascinating life stories.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of&nbsp; Sebastien Chun, who has taken on the roles of emperor, ancient warrior, and even Buddha, the path to a fulfilling career as dancer for Shen Yun Performing Arts was created from a lucky yet welcome development.<\/p>\n<p>He was an Architecture student in France when he got to watch Shen Yun dancers, whose dance techniques he found simply amazing. After enlisting in a program on classical Chinese dance in New York, and in-graining Chinese culture, his career path was mapped out.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the passions and motivations of the talented artist at the <a title=\"Shen Yun Artist: Sebastien Chun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shenyunperformingarts.org\/whatsnew\/article\/e\/Wp4xu5VTlRo\/paris-dancer-sebastien-chun.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shen Yun Performing Arts principal dancer\u2019s profile<\/a> in the dance company\u2019s website: <a title=\"Shen Yun Artist: Sebastien Chun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shenyunperformingarts.org\/whatsnew\/article\/e\/Wp4xu5VTlRo\/paris-dancer-sebastien-chun.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.shenyunperformingarts.org\/whatsnew\/article\/e\/Wp4xu5VTlRo\/paris-dancer-sebastien-chun.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some artists of the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts have fascinating life stories. 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