KNOXVILLE

“Hock your soul if you must and clear one evening; you’ll get a new soul when you go see Shen Yun. Hock the one you’ve got if you must,” said freelance writer Bennett Horton Jr. “Just don’t miss it. Don’t miss it.”

Jeff Stamper, after watching Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville.

The audience at the second and final 2014 Shen Yun performance in Knoxville was intensely expressive.