DENVER—Two ladies thoroughly enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Buell Theatre on April 3.

“I’ve never seen anything like it before, so I thought it was very beautiful,” she said.

Ms. Joynt said what stood out for her was “just the excellence, overall the excellence, and just the performers were very talented.”

She said that she acquired an “appreciation of another culture which was very inspiring.”

“My daughter knows more about the culture, so she was my inspiration to come here because she’s in Asian Studies,” Ms. Joynt said.

Her college student daughter, Nyx Joynt, said she was “very honored to be here today. It’s awesome.”

“The people and the dedication that I saw on stage today show that there is a great passion for preserving the culture. It just felt like a deeply spiritual and moving experience to me,” she said.

Shen Yun’s mission is to revive the traditional culture of ancient China that was almost lost in modern communist China.

I think it’s very inspiring to see China before communism, which suppressed a lot of their culture. So that was very beautiful to see [the culture of ancient China],” Ms. Carrie Joynt said.

She took in a deeper message: “Just that people have a lot to give, just the kindness.”

Her daughter elaborated on the message of kindness.

“It is really good to rewrite stereotypes and to see, in America especially, the stereotypes about foreign relations rewritten because communism should not be the main narrative that we listen to about global politics. There are people with passions and a very rich cultural history we should listen to,” she said.

“I was honored to get the opportunity to view it, especially in Colorado, and seeing the culture represented more firmly and more broadly here.”