“The performance is wonderful, the dancing is beautiful, the costumes are wonderful.”

“The [animated] backdrop is amazing. That’s really interesting, the way they used that to go back and forth, have the dancers appear to go into the background and come back.”

“[Classical Chinese dance] is beautiful. It’s very graceful, very enjoyable to watch.”

“I didn’t know that people were still persecuted and not allowed to follow their religions or their beliefs in China.”

“I think [traditional Chinese culture] is very interesting. It’s interesting to learn about somebody else’s beliefs that you didn’t know about before and to realize they’re persecuted.”

“I think many of my friends would enjoy watching and learning [about] Shen Yun.”