"It was amazing," she said. "The dancing was incredible and so much energy and the music was fantastic."
"The elegance and poise and grace with the leaps and dances was beautiful how they executed it," said Miodragovic.
"They want to bring across the spirituality and the history of China before communism," said John Vishneski, an attorney from Reed Smith.
"The pain and the suffering that people still feel from that separation of their previous culture. [It] came across very strongly," he added. "My daughter asked me if I cried and there was a point where I did shed a tear.”
Despite having worldwide success, Shen Yun has never been allowed to perform in China.
"I know that there is a lot of oppression and suppression and persecution. So to see this kind of act here in the United States, it's very inspiring," said Mollenhoff.
"It's courageous that they're doing this and it lets people know that this is going on today and has been going on," she said. "Yet here they are performing, and uplifting, and inspiring [others]."
"I think it's really great that they're bringing the awareness here in the Western society to that," added Miodragovic. "I hope that the oppression will end soon."