It was the first time that Kourosh Khajé had seen Shen Yun, and he loved it, said the professional engineer and managing director of the Energy, Science and Technology Corporation.

“It was so beautiful,” said Mr. Khajé, who found the performers, costumes, music, and synchronization amazing.

While he enjoyed all of the different stories portrayed by the dancers, the piece Blue Heaven stood out, telling the story of a sacred phoenix that can magically transform into a heavenly maiden.

Mr. Khajé was also captivated by Shen Yun’s digital backdrops, which use a patented method that allows the performers to seemingly travel back and forth between the stage and the animated background scenery.

Mr. Khajé also expressed support for Shen Yun’s mission of restoring China’s original authentic culture.

“I think that history is important to remember. I think it’s very good that every generation and every culture should know about it,” he said.

“It was beautiful, it’s amazing—the colors, the organization. I’m in another world, in another space, in wonder, in imagination,” he said.

“I don’t know exactly how to explain to you in English because it’s my second language, but I was feeling this when I was watching [the performers]. ... I [was] feeling myself inside them,” he explained.

Ms. Galban had a similar experience. “I [am] feeling so good. I [am] feeling that I have been living in the past. I’m feeling that I have been there before. I don’t know why,” she said.

Her inner being felt beautiful, and it was very spiritual, she said.

Mr. Galban said the same song also touched his heart.

And he noted that his emotions especially ran deep when he was watching the dance story that portrayed the Chinese communist regime’s persecution of the Falun Dafa spiritual practice. He said he experienced chills and goosebumps.