“The storytelling was amazing,” Ms. Harris said. “Everything about it—the precision, all the colors, the story—just came to life.”

“To make that much out of two strings … it’s magnificent,” she said. “You could just feel the music … from the inside.”

Ms. Harris was also impressed by the story-based dances that were part of Shen Yun’s program.

“It really is touching—all of it, all the stories,” she said. “[They’re] important stories. It’s not frivolous.”

“Standing for your faith and dying for your faith if you have to, we believe in that,” Ms. Harris said. “It was beautiful, it really was.”

During the performance, the audience learns that Shen Yun cannot be seen in China, which Mr. Harris felt was unfortunate. However, he congratulated Shen Yun for its growth and praised Shen Yun for its efforts to share Chinese culture.

“The fact that they don’t do this production in China and that it has grown to where now they have multiple companies that perform all over the world—that’s a great thing,” he said. “To get the story out, to share the story, to share the culture, to share about the history, that was very enriching.”

“The whole purpose is to … continue to believe in that, trust in that, [and] live by that,” he said. “There are multiple messages about … the road to heaven, and so that was interesting to hear.”