“At the beginning, it seems like the audience [didn’t know] what to expect. But at the end, everybody was happy and clapping. And I guess we were going home with something. It’s spiritual—it’s not just a show. It’s got something that we can take it and put it in our lives. So it was very touching,” said Maiti Nelson, a minister.
“I liked how everything was synchronized. The background, the screen, how it interfaced with the people, and the music, and the dance, and the well-dressed. Everything was spectacular. It’s beautiful.”
“I really liked the orchestra. Beautiful. It went along with everything. The performance was amazing. I really like it. I'll come back next year,” Mrs. Nelson said.
Mrs. Nelson noticed that Shen Yun takes the audience on a journey through time—from creation to the present day.“I also like how it started from ancient and now to our days and how it’s changing bad people. The good conquers the evil,” she said.
Mr. Nelson also noticed that there was a consistent theme of good overcoming adversity and evil being punished for its crimes.“So the message I liked was that it teaches that you have to have faith but you have to have morals,” he said.
“I could see that there was no freedom to express themselves as far as their faith,” he said.
Ms. Nelson shared that she has wanted to come Shen Yun for many years and that she’s very excited to be able to be here today.
“Almost every year I would tell him, I want to go see it. So it was very exciting to be here,” she said.
Reporting by Sally Sun and Maria Han.
