PHOENIX—“If you haven’t seen it, come see it … it’s a wonderful production,” said retired Brigadier General Garry Bahling about Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Orpheum Theatre on Feb. 22.

“[I] absolutely love it, it’s an incredible experience,” he said, “I think the advertisements do it justice.”

“If you come see it, you'll want to come see it again,” he added, “Guaranteed!”

“The music, the instrumentations [are] different than anything I’ve ever seen or heard,” he said. “All of it comes together to make it a truly unique experience.”

“His expressions, his voice … magnificent!”

Mr. Bahling said he truly resonated with Shen Yun’s message of good triumphing over evil.

“It resonated with me, that there is good [and] there’s evil—I like that the evil is atheism—and if you stick to tradition … to do what’s right … good things will happen for you,” he said.

“Look what’s happening in this world … what’s happing to the cities … how we get away from tradition … [and] from family values,” he said.

“Oh, my heart is just overflowing with joy and happiness and love,” said Jennifer Flowers, a director at the Phoenix Zoo.

“The color, the beauty, the music … I felt the vibration and the emotion from the music, the songs, and the dance,” she added, “It emulated everything that’s divine.”

“It took us back to our source—divine beings coming to the Earth to help mankind—and it was very powerful, moving me to tears,” she said, “It was beautiful, it connected with me instantly.”

“This is a kind of a show that reminds us of what we truly are,” she said.

“We forgot that we were divine beings … [Shen Yun] showed you can still remember who you are, and be the divine being … [and] there’s still hope and love and divinity.”