Michael A Nutter, Mayor, City of Philadelphia (2010)


The City of Philadelphia is proud to be home to one of the nation’s leading arts and culture communities.
A study of grace, fluidity, balance and inner strength, the Shen Yun Performing Arts Troupe brings traditional Chinese
culture alive on stage with their performance. Celebrating the exceptional precision and grandeur of Chinese dance
and music, the show is inspired by the myths, legends, and divine beauty of 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture.
Our great city welcomes Shen Yun back for the fifth consecutive year. Residents and visitors of Philadelphia
truly enjoy this authentic expression of consummate beauty which seeks to renew a largely lost cultural tradition that
pays homage to moral virtue and human dignity.
We salute your organization for its efforts to increase awareness of Asian culture and celebrate such a proud
heritage.
It is fitting and appropriate, therefore, that the City of Philadelphia officially recognize with this Citation
The Greater Philadelphia Asian Culture Center
And congratulate Shen Yun Performing Arts on its powerful presentation of classical Chinese dance and music.



