ATLANTA—Ballet dancer Camirose Clauss thought Shen Yun Performing Arts put on an “incredible” performance at the Atlanta Symphony Hall on Jan. 7.

“It was a wonderful perspective, and refreshing,” said Ms. Clauss, who dances with the Ballet Conservatory of Atlanta. “The colors, the choreography, ... it was just incredible. The music, just the whole thing, the whole time.”

Watching the performance, Ms. Clauss said she learned that it’s important to remain steadfast in one’s faith.

“That’s what helped me the most,” she said.

Ms. Clauss’s father, Kevin Clauss, said he agrees with that sentiment.

“You should be able to stand up for your beliefs,” said Mr. Clauss, who works as a project manager.

“It is fantastic,” Mr. Hodgman said.

“We’ve come to many performances. We’ve never seen this kind of pull and energy,” Mr. Hodgman said. “I don’t think it’s so much the time of the year, I think it’s the performance. I think it’s Shen Yun that brought this out.”

Mr. Hodgman said he enjoyed hearing the emcees introduce the different dance pieces, and appreciated the storylines in the dances.

“It comes across with something and you feel it. It makes you want to live that way where you are connected to your history and story.”

Mr. Hodgman added that the audience could feel the “love and passion” that the performers have for the “history that they are telling” and the “identity they’re recovering,” and said he found the “connection” that the performers have to be inspiring.