“It was magnificent. Visually it was stunning. I’m just so uplifted from the whole program. ... I’ve never seen so many colors together in one program. ... They made me feel warm and peaceful.”

“It makes me want to be a better person, and to strive to be a better person. We’re not perfect, but [Shen Yun] just brought me closer to that perfection.”

“It spoke to me that good always triumphs over evil eventually.”

“What I know about China today, what a lot of people know, they only know about communist China. [But here at Shen Yun] it’s 5,000 years of their history.”

“It just makes me feel better about myself. ... It makes me feel very hopeful about the future.”