Krista Day said she appreciated how Shen Yun interweaves important themes into the performance as part of its artistic presentation.

“I love how they’re incorporating true messages into the beauty of art,” Krista Day said. She also commended the pieces that depict the brutality of the Chinese communist regime in today’s China.

Krista Day’s daughter, Kristianna Day, said the piece showing the Chinese regime suppressing spiritual believers in China made her cry.

“It really shows that they [the Chinese regime] prioritize a few and then persecute the rest,” said Kristianna Day, a college student.

Kristianna Day said she is studying to be a scientist herself but realizes that divinity has an important role in all aspects of life.

“I think when you try to explain things without God, that’s where you start to run into problems,” she said.

“It’s something that you come to see because it makes you feel better. There are so many things that are so natural that [aren’t] about money, or sex, or violence. This is just to see the beautiful things that the show has,” said Betty. She said she has to use an alias as she can’t give her full name due to professional obligations.

Betty said today’s world is “pessimistic and materialistic,” so it’s a positive when Shen Yun can give people hope.

“[People can] start looking for happiness in places other than the mall, or the bar, that you have to put something in your body to have fun,” she said.

“It was very colorful, so colorful that it was almost mesmerizing to your eyes,” she said.  “It’s something that is very beautiful because it [is] spiritual.”