“I’m loving the music—there’s nothing like watching a show with a live orchestra. It makes such a difference, in the audience’s perspective,” she added.
“I’m really enjoying seeing the differences but also seeing the similarities because dance crosses over that way,” she said.
“We got goosebumps,” Brumley said, describing how she felt after watching the “Water Sleeves” and “Plum Blossom” dances.
“It looks like a very beautiful, hopeful, positive place [and] I'd like for it to be that way for that community again because it looks like a paradise. I’m very much enjoying learning the cultural side [of China’s history] and [I’m] enjoying the dance too,” Brumley said.
“I’m sure you can probably tell from your ticket sales that people are excited to get out and finally see live shows because it’s not the same watching it on TV. You really do feel the happiness and the emotion and the passion from the dancers.”
“I think being here, and seeing [the performers’] love and their happiness, makes everyone leave the theater today feeling positive, and [feeling] that they came and saw something beautiful and supported something that they want to keep going,” she said.
“And now that I moved to Washington, I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to finally come to see the show.’ It’s like a bucket list, check it off my list. And I’m so glad I did.”
Brumley said she would recommend the performance to her family and friends, giving Shen Yun a “ten out of ten.”