VENICE, Fla.—After the curtains closed and the show had wrapped up, Tampa-based physician Eric Williams got up from his seat at the Venice Performing Arts Center and spoke to The Epoch Times, telling of how the scenes he just witnessed of classical Chinese dance had both spurned authoritarianism while inspiring him spiritually.

“It fills me with hope for, hopefully, enough [people] in China to kind of rise up and get rid of the shackles of communism,” Mr. Williams said, speaking of Shen Yun’s segments that dealt with China’s contemporary issues, including scenes of the regime’s oppression on religious freedom.

It’s “wise” that the company present such groups being persecuted under the communist regime, Mr. Williams said, and “it would mean a lot to a lot of people in China” if Shen Yun could perform there, as it does around the world.

Mr. Williams also said he felt elevated spiritually by what he saw and heard onstage this afternoon.

Shen Yun depicts everything from the “Yellow Emperor of antiquity to the splendor of the Tang Dynasty all the way to the exquisite elegance of the Qing,” its website states.

It’s “very unique,”  Mr. Williams said.

The costumes and movement on stage were unlike any other, he added. “Love it, very beautiful.”