“What can one say? This is heroic. It’s fantastic,” Mr. Yodis said.
Mr. Korwin was delighted by the integration of the patented screen and technology with the dancers.
“They run up to the screen, and then they fly away. It’s like miraculous,” he said.
Michael Lowe, an airline pilot, appreciated how “all the girls kind of floated around the stage.”
“I don’t know how they did that—walking without bobbing, but it was absolutely amazing. Very well done,” Mr. Lowe said.
Shen Yun utilizes a live symphony orchestra. It brought melodies to the ears of Sheila Tickle, a retired Arizona Superior Court executive. “Oh, my goodness. The music,” she said.
“All of it coming together to the senses—once one leaves, you just feel lighter,” she said.
Based in New York, Shen Yun’s mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture. Audience members enjoyed ethnic and story-based dances.
Mr. Korwin said, “That is my favorite part.”
“People here don’t understand that 5,000 years of imperial China was real. That’s what China was, and now the communists have perverted it, they’ve hidden it, they’re murdering people who were preserving this kind of thing. I wish more Americans could see it. I’d like to see it on TV, so more people can see it,” he added.
From legends to modern-day stories of the current persecution happening in China, patrons were moved.
“I’m just going to say it. China’s like one of the worst in the world for this,” he said, mentioning the Chinese Communist Party's trafficking of human organs.
“[The practitioners] get killed because of their organs,” he said.
Mr. Lowe said, “It was just a message to us saying ‘Hey, this is what’s out here, and because this is what we believe, the persecution continues, and we can’t go back to China. We can’t view a performance like this in China.’ Which is really kind of sad.”
“I hope they get to go back to their home country someday, and soon,” Mr. Yodis said.
