MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Chinese culture is 5,000 years long and very few nations in the world have a history that can compare. Shen Yun Performing Arts is presenting the beauty of Chinese culture to the world.

“I think Western culture has nothing that compares to that. I found it very impressive,” said Kimberly Collins, senior vice president of operations for a marketing and software company.

Shen Yun’s mission is to bring Chinese culture back to its former glory from before communism took power.

“I thought it was really enlightening. I really enjoyed the cultural exchange and I felt like it made the audience think, right? And I felt like we were sort of on an awareness or an enlightenment journey together,” said Paul Collins, a supply chain manager.

“Just the emotion of the dance and the movement and the music and everything altogether. I felt it very moving. It brought me to tears several times. I didn’t actually cry, but I felt myself tear up,” Mrs. Collins said.

“I enjoyed how the characters from the various dances went on their journeys towards enlightenment and also how they touched on some of the politics for religious freedom and things of that nature,” Mr. Collins said.

“I think it says a lot. The dedication and ... I don’t know where these people originate from, but the fact that they have established in New York to study traditional Chinese culture is something to think about,” Ms. Collins expressed.

“The music was fantastic. And I enjoyed the exposure to some instruments that I normally don’t come across in my everyday life, right? So it was very, again, very enlightening,” Mr. Collins said.

“The soprano was fantastic. She sounded like an angel to me,” Ms. Collins said.

“Fantastic performance by both singers,” Mr. Collins added.