Mr. Erskine, the Director of the Art League of Jacksonville. (Courtesy NTDTV)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—On a cold Sunday, people came to theater at Times-Union Center on Water Street. The theater is right on the water, in view of a huge bridge.

Mr. Erskine, the Director of the Art League of Jacksonville was at the performance.

He said the performance was "exhilarating" and "exceptional," add that Shen Yun "was visually exciting and stunning, and was very good."

Mr. Erskine has experience as a sculptor and as a painter. "The beauty of the dance and the costumes and the way they told the stories was totally incredible," he said. "The show is an amazing spectacle—it really was."

One element in the show that impresses many people is the digitally-imposed visual backdrop, which is hand-crafted to go along with the each piece in unison with the dancers. Mr. Erskine added that the show is "visually stunning."

"The way they incorporated the background was just incredible," he added. "The stories all got told whether you understood the language or whether you didn't understand the language, which is a wonderful thing."

Shen Yun revives the age-old Chinese culture that was lost under the current communist regime, says their website. "It brought culture and understanding of the past and how we need to preserve that and bring that into the future," said Mr. Erskine. "So, it was really good. Very impressive."

Classical Chinese dance is the centerpiece in Shen Yun. Each performer goes through rigorous training in order to master each movement and form. "The way they danced [and] used the costumes to show feeling and emotion, and the way the colors vividly took over the stage was very impressive," said Mr. Erskine.

The flow of the performers are "something that as a painter and an artist you hope you can capture in your paintings and in your art," he said. "That's an art of dance and that's why dance is such a beautiful and unreproducible art. It just has to live and thrive on its own."

Mr. Erskine with his family. (Mark Zou/The Epoch Times)

The performance "definitely inspired" him. "The use of colors was something that I hadn't seen before," he said. "And the way they flowed and the sync—the way they stayed in sync [was] just absolutely gorgeous."

Chinese culture has many stories from antiquity until now that give important lessons and values. "The stories and the morals of the stories are timeless too. It didn't matter when the stories were passed on from—they held just as much value or more value today," he said.

To sum of the performance he would recommend it to nearly everyone. "It delivered on every aspect of entertaining and beauty and culture," he said. "I think anyone who has even a passing interest in culture, and beauty and arts should see this show—it's a fantastic show."

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. For more information, please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org