“I’m feeling overwhelmed and gratified by the range of experiences and emotions, and the discipline, and the story, and the narrative,” the Adelaide-based producer said. “I’m literally, at the moment, very emotional.”

“From an emotional connection, I’m finding [the performance] so personally powerful and it will obviously linger with me for all time, I believe,” he added.

“The joy and the truth and the honesty—it came across as being real, that it wasn’t contrived. And the joy is something that affected me literally from a heart space,” Mr. Dudek said. “The movement, the colour, the facial expressions, the synchronicity, the discipline, the narrative—completely mind-blowing.

“I’m so very, very deeply humbled and grateful to have been able to experience this amazing production.”

“The standards are impeccable—second to none,” he said, adding, “The cinematography and the synchronicity with the performers and the screen is brilliant. World-class. It’s beyond perfection for me.”

Mr. Dudek also noted how the dance and music became one: “The orchestra and the way they synchronized with everything, the timing, the interaction of the performers—everything is just woven together into a tapestry of perfection and harmony and beauty.”

This year, Shen Yun declares it is presenting “China before communism.” The motto reflects how the essence of 5,000 years of Chinese civlization was nearly lost under decades of communist rule.

“My heart aches that this is inaccessible to the people of China. I grieve for the lost opportunity for people in China to experience this,” Mr. Dudek commented.

“I’m hoping and praying that this move towards reviving this will have repercussions and it will drag down and affect and break down the political enemies and the forces that are not aligned with truth and beauty.”