“It was magical, just magical, superb,” Kidd said after the performance on the evening of March 6, 2020. She attended the performance with artist Charlotte Ambrose, who represented Poland, the USA in the same pageant, and Ms. Senior USA organizer James Kimsey.

The feeling Shen Yun left her with was easily summed up: “Perfection.”

“Everyone was perfect,” she said.

“I loved it, there was a significant, profound meaning behind the show and it gave depth to the show and was very touching, and I loved it,” Kidd said. “I got a very good message, I loved what the creators were doing, and I loved the way the message came across: very sincere, very inspiring, and truthful.”

“We loved every moment and I highly recommend it to families, and everyone will love this show, it’s very special,” Kidd said.

For Ambrose, the performance was a dream, and satisfying in both an aesthetic and spiritual sense.

“My eyes are so saturated with colors,” said Ambrose, who was soaking up inspiration for her own work. “It was just a colossal dream of color—an explosion!”

“The technical illusions were so wonderful to experience. They’re just fantastic, in a dream-like but also very moving, about heaven and earth, and the chaos in the world sometimes, and divine faith in the Lord,” Ambrose said. “So it was a very moving message.”