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HOUSTON, Texas—Ben Lucas, an accounts manager, said “I definitely feel hopeful” after attending his first Shen Yun Performing Arts concert with his wife, father, and friend at the Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in Houston on June 4. “I am hopeful with my marriage and hopeful with my life and my children, and the future together. I think what this show does is it reinforces the hope that I already have within,” he added. Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company. Based in New York, Shen Yun’s mission is to revive the 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture that has been on the brink of extinction since the Chinese communist regime seized power in 1949. Shen Yun says its performance this year demonstrates “China before communism.”...