Dr. Kay Dieter called the show wonderful and elegant—adding that she loved every bit of it.
“I thought it was spectacular. I thought that the dance was just wonderfully choreographed. And I thought that the stories were very uplifting and very beautiful,” she said.
“I think that they should bring back all the ancestors of China and all the beliefs and the healing powers that that brings,” she added.
Steve Hill, a senior pastor, said, “I appreciate that the performance tonight that we just saw accentuated the freedom in which the Chinese people had before communism in 1948.”
“I was in Beijing about 10 years ago, and I can tell that this kind of cultural presentation would never have been available in China today,” he added.
Business owner Malia Schultheis said the performance was truly beautiful and made her want to pull out her art history books. The digital backdrop was an added delight.
“It made it kid friendly too, which is nice for us. So being able to bring our little ones, it kept them more engaged,” she said.
Robert Schiff, a psychologist, said, “I thought that was wonderful, the way they integrated the dancers with the backdrop and the animation that went with it. I thought that was very clever and very well done.”
“I really enjoyed listening to the translation of the fact that it is people dancing in a divine way. It is that we all need more spirituality, but we need to see that beauty is part of that, and I think that Shen Yun brings that very clearly to the public,” she said.
She said she was impressed by the show’s depiction of people persecuted by the communist regime for upholding the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance in their hearts.
“I think that that is the secret to life, is you have to persevere, even though you are under persecution. And because we have many kinds of persecution now, but we must persevere, and people should come together and recognize that the human spirit is indeed divine, and together we can do great things,” she said.
