BOSTON—The audiences at the Boch Center’s Wang Theatre were filled with appreciative and enthusiastic theatergoers during the performances of Shen Yun Performing Arts on April 3 through 6.

Retired company vice president Scott Delport said, “I like it very much. I’m very interested in the spiritual aspect of it, which very much aligns with my Christian faith,” he said. “It was very interesting to my wife. It resonates everywhere.”

Kandi Crowley, an executive assistant, said Shen Yun is “very spiritual and high energy and just caring and loving. We need that. We need more of that in the world.”

Shen Yun’s mission is to revive 5,000 years of China’s divinely inspired culture before communism. Brittany Rose, an energy healer, loved Shen Yun’s spiritual energy that was shared in the performance.

“I got the message that the creator is within all of us, and we are all just coming back to the Creator. We’re all going back home to our infinite selves, and yes, we’re all divine love,” she said.

McAllister, also an energy healer, had a “pleasant” feeling during the performance. He bought books that were available at the theatre about Shen Yun and said he would recommend Shen Yun to others.

“I’m going to share with my friends so we can learn together,” he said.

“I like the narration,” said Paul Frisoli, an editorial director for textbooks. “I didn’t know it would be included—how they explained everything in English and Chinese before each act. I thought that helped.”

Investment manager Punita Sinha appreciated China’s ancient tradition, which connects with her own Indian heritage.

“I’ve traveled a lot to China, so I relate to what I’m seeing here. I think it’s a really nice depiction of the ancient traditions,” she said. “I think it’s beautiful and it should have a place in Chinese culture.”

Many audience members comment on Shen Yun’s educational value for all ages. Dr. Steven Nezhad and his wife, Aimee, an interior designer, brought their children to enjoy the stories, legends, and message of traditional Chinese culture.

“It’s important to learn that people are persecuted for their religion, and at least in this country we separate religion from politics, or we should,” Dr. Nezhad said, referring to the dance showing the persecution of practitioners of Falun Gong.

Lisa Ethenesie said, “I love it how they’ve combined the digital stuff. It’s amazing. I’ve never seen anything like that before. And it’s entertaining,” she said. “It’s great for children and for adults. We’ve all been enjoying it.”

“We have always seen a lot of performances from the Broadway theaters and Europe and America, but this time seeing an ancient Chinese performance was fantastic. It’s a very new, exhilarating experience for me and my family,” said Muhua Mukherjee, a consultant.

Shen Yun’s performance also features singers who use the bel canto technique. While singing in Mandarin, the lyrics are projected in English on the backscreen.

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Brian Lee, a captain with a corporate airline, said, “We learned a lot. It gave me goosebumps, reading some of the stuff [on the backscreen], especially while they were out there singing and you could actually see the translation. It was like you could tell there was a lot of spiritual effects to this whole show.”

“I just have such an awe with athleticism when it comes to movement, jumping, landing smoothly. It’s just beautiful to watch, I have to say,” he said.

Paul Tarnowski, owner of a senior living facility, said he was inspired. “The inspiration that we’re all here together and that there’s a being, a Divine Being that is here with us.

“And we gotta be able to do what we can to stop communism. You know, get everything back the way it was. When you get rid of communism, you get back to the original [culture],” he said.

There are still opportunities to see Shen Yun in the Boston area, including Worcester, Mass., Providence, R.I., and  Portland, Me. in April and May.