At a time when the performing arts seem to be on the decline, one company is experiencing a meteoric rise.

在表演藝術似乎正在走下坡路的時候，有一家公司卻在經歷著飛速的崛起。

If you imagine the canvas came to life, if you could hear the music, if you could see the colors come to life. In less than two decades, Shen Yun has grown from one to eight equally large companies touring the world simultaneously, each with its own orchestra.

如果你想象畫布栩栩如生，如果你能聽到音樂，如果你能看到色彩栩栩如生。在不到二十年的時間裡，神韻從一個團發展到八個同樣規模的團，每個團都有自己的管絃樂隊，同時在世界各地巡迴演出。

There's the mental aspect and also the physical aspect.

有精神方面的，也有身體方面的。

You have to train every part of your body to jump, flip, dance.

你必須訓練身體的每一個部位來跳躍、翻轉和跳舞。

They now travel to over 200 cities a year and perform in front of over one million audience members. I want my audience to walk out of the auditorium feeling better than when they walked in.

現在，他們每年在 200 多個城市巡迴演出，觀眾人數超過 100 萬。我希望觀眾走出禮堂時，感覺比走進禮堂時更好。

So how has Shen Yun achieved this success?

那麼，神韻是如何取得如此成功的呢？

What is the secret to its approach?

其方法的祕訣是什麼？

In this special episode of American Thought Leaders, we get an exclusive inside look at the world's premier classical Chinese dance company. All the materialistic things people try to pursue, it's not going to last forever.

在本期《美國思想領袖》特別節目中，我們將獨家探訪世界一流的中國古典舞蹈團。人們努力追求的所有物質財富都不會永遠存在。

What lasts forever are the things you have inside.

永恆的是你內心的東西。

They're driving a restoration of authentic Chinese culture, yet they are banned in China.

它們正在推動恢復原汁原味的中國文化，但在中國卻遭到禁止。

It's something that the CCP has tried to destroy.

這是中共試圖摧毀的東西。

So what is motivating the artists behind this global phenomenon?

那麼，是什麼在激勵著這一全球現象背後的藝術家們呢？

There's something more noble than us.

有比我們更崇高的東西

There's a lot of wisdom that you can draw upon. Artists from the Renaissance period, they spent years on just one piece of art.

你可以借鏡很多智慧。文藝復興時期的藝術家們，他們僅在一件藝術品上就花費了數年時間。

But what they came up with would go on to inspire people for generations.

但他們的成果將激勵幾代人。

That's what we're trying to achieve.

這就是我們要實現的目標。

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Jan Jekielek.

這裡是《美國思想領袖》，我是 Jan Jekielek。