SAN DIEGO—Nadia Arambula, founder and owner of Ballet Folklorico San Diego Dance Company, said she’s been coming to Shen Yun Performing Arts every year since 2018, and she once again enjoyed the performance at San Diego Civic Theatre on Saturday.
Ms. Arambula said she teaches Mexican folk dance, and she feels very motivated by Shen Yun to push herself and her students to increase their skills to a higher level.
“Every year I come,” she said. “[I] go back to my company and teach all this, what I see in the dancers, try to [raise] the standards on the work that I do and really motivate them to increase their performance and their presentation, especially in their posture. It’s so inspiring.”
Ms. Arambula said she admires the dancers’ “grace that they transmit during the dance” while performing “very complicated exercises and movements.”
“But they make them look easy,” she said. “I think that’s the beauty of the art, right? Making something complicated look easy.”
Ms. Arambula also said she felt a spiritual message from the performance about connecting and reconnecting with the Creator and treating others with compassion.
“We can do great things and be kind with other people and just love each other, because we are created from a supreme power. I love it,” she said.
“I wish everybody [could] watch this show, because it really reminds us [of] the importance of being kind with people and sharing love,” Ms. Arambula said. “The way we give, we receive love, kindness. It’s kind of contagious.”
She congratulated the performers for their inspiration, both spiritually and through their dance artistry.
“Please continue doing that. Never get tired of doing that, because it’s a great inspiration,” she said.