“The dancing was beautiful. The pageantry was spectacular. It was breathtaking.”

“The choreography of that [long sleeves] created a visual effect that was spectacular.”

“And the patented backdrop—that! I’ve never seen anything like that before. That was really, really amazing!

“It’s very sad that this spiritual history, which is very substantial and positive, is not being able to be practiced right now in communist China. Very sad.”