“It was just mind-blowing. It wasn’t just the dance, it was the dress, the music, the movement, and even the singers as well. Everything was put together, I think, perfectly,” said Mr. Wallace.

“What really struck me about it was all of the beautiful colors and the way even they managed the garments as well. All of them in unison, it was just absolute perfection. It resembled a lot within the Chinese culture, like the yin and the yang, like one minute they were moving very slowly, and very synchronized, and all of a sudden, the bodies would just spring up, and it was just incredible. It kept you very engaged and captivated throughout the whole performance.”

Mr. Wallace is a painter and portraitist.

“It really opened up my mind and triggered off many things visually as well,” he said. “I just found it very visually appealing and inspiring.”

“China’s ancient name, ‘The Land of the Divine’ tells of a world where deities and mortals together walked the Earth. Music, medicine, calligraphy, clothing, language, and much more were said to have been brought down from above,” says Shen Yun’s website.

“There was a lot of truth behind what they were ... teaching through love, through kindness, compassion, discipline, control,” he said.

There were also many lessons to be learned through the story-based dances in the performance, Mr. Wallace said.

“I think all of these things, they’re timeless lessons. It doesn’t matter what time you are in history. It’s there for you to learn really,” he said.

“They are incredible. Their dancing is amazing. I’ve never ever seen a show like it. I’ve been to lots and lots of shows in my time, but this is—their techniques, they were on time. Their songs were amazing. I’m definitely going to come back and see them again,” she said.

In a word, Ms. Wilkins says, Shen Yun is “heavenly.”

“Just the sheer energy of the show was amazing. And the stories were beautiful, captivating, and uplifting,” he said.

Mr. Singh used to do design work for opera sets, but now he is focused on interior design work.

Besides the artistry in the performance, Mr. Singh had high praise for the spiritual aspect of Shen Yun.

“You could feel the spirit moving through the entire stage,” Mr. Singh said.

“There is an agenda afoot today that’s attempting to stamp out the human experience—the contact with the divine to turn us into automatons. They’re trying to make human beings fit into society, as opposed to society fit into the human experience. And this [Shen Yun] is an absolute rebuttal to that: That no, we’re all human beings, and we’re all here to experience love and mostly, that sense of freedom, that sense of freedom that all of them displayed in the dancing, the way they were flying through the air, and the singer [as well].”