After attending Shen Yun’s matinee performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center on Dec. 31, Ms. Salman thought the show was “extremely refreshing and positive,” and a wonderful way to start the new year.

“It was beautiful. It was elegant. The dancers’ faces are so peaceful and proud and calm,” she said. “It’s very rare to see adults with that purity.”

Prior to the regime’s takeover, China had a rich cultural heritage deeply rooted in the divine.

“We have to remember where we came from. Now we’re all getting distracted by the evolution of humanity. We need to go back to our roots and realize that we’re all angelic. We have to return back to that state—our natural state,” she added.

During the performance, Ms. Salman noticed big changes in the audience and was very impressed by how quickly it happened.

“If you were to look at the audience members at the beginning of the show and at the end, you can see the transformation in their energy and in the smiles on their faces,” she said.

“You can see people that went from being very tense and distracted to being extremely focused and joyous. That alone I thought was magical.”