“I thought it was beautiful. I loved all the colors. They were just so brilliant—it was heavenly in a way. Before I knew what Shen Yun was, watching it I felt like this would be like maybe what it would be like in the afterlife. Something divine about it—many beautiful things—where god is. There’s a glory in it”

 

“We were really intrigued with the two-stringed instrument [erhu]. That was beautiful.”

 

[Voclalist’s lyrics] “To think about how this life is not about wealth and not about status, that what should be important is your purpose, your mission, what’s meaningful in life. Let’s follow that and not try to be impressed with the worldly attractions. That was really truthful.”