shen yun chicago

“Well, I am enjoying the show. It is very colorful, the music is mesmerizing,” Cathy Crank said.

“It was a learning experience as well, like a life learning experience,” she said.

Staged under the eaves of Chicago’s majestic Civic Opera House, Mr. Boos loved the powerful drumming sequences.

“The best singers,” Mr. Williams said.

Oil painter, Ba Ninh Cao: “It’s wonderful.”

Mr. Warnecki particularly enjoyed the animated high-tech backdrops which showed divine beings descending down to the earth.

“I could tell that she has not only learned the music perfectly, but she has to keep her eye on the soloist and make sure that the soloist is the star of the show, not her.”

“There are many elements that grabbed my attention. First of all, the colors, the match up of colors: the design of the backgrounds [and] the dress of the people—I really enjoyed.”

“It was spectacular. The actual graphics of how the dancers seemed to be flying off into the background, it was just amazing. It was really wonderful to see.”

Mr. Carpenter described the dancing as very impressive, very graceful and very beautiful.”

“I think it’s beautiful, just beautiful. The dancing is fantastic; the costumes are beautiful. I love it,” said Ms. Sterrett.

Mr. Yadava liked the Mongolian piece Herding on the Grasslands. “They were very graceful too—as graceful as the women.”

“I found it to be very, very interesting. It was just absolutely breathtaking,” said Ms. KL Daly.

“I was blown away. I think the soprano, the last singer, she was incredible.”

“I just enjoyed being there. The music was wonderful, and the costumes were striking—very relaxing to watch performers of that caliber,” Mr. Keller said.

“I can’t tell the primary dancers from the others because they’re all so exceptional,” Vicki Dobbs said.

“The colors, the movement was very stirring. It was almost magical.”

“I absolutely loved it. The music is gorgeous. I think it’s a gorgeous fusion of those sounds.”

“They were beautiful people and did a great job. It was lovely!”