“The most impressive thing was the emotions that were [conveyed] through body language—no spoken word yet you could follow the whole entire storyline just through the body language, the movements, and the music. Without a spoken word I could follow the whole plotline.”

“I really enjoyed it. Like I said, just through emotions and music and body language I was able to follow this more than you can follow Hollywood movies these days.”

“[Referring to the erhu,] how do you get that much range out of just two strings? That’s incredible.”

“I thought [Shen Yun’s mission of reviving the traditional culture of China] was done excellently through costume, through motion, music, everything—excellent.”