Ms. Hohl said she greatly enjoyed the cultural revival Shen Yun created.

“I think that it is amazing, that it’s very touching, and I really felt the need to bring back this part of China. If it is not talked about, it’s going to disappear, and I think the show did a great job doing that. Some parts it’s hilarious, some parts it’s sad, but the whole package is very touching,” she said.

“I remember one of the performances that touched me because I’m clergy right, I’m a religious person—redemption coming from the divine and redemption coming from heaven, and after the tragedy happens there is this hope that this is going to be preserved for something that is holier than something that happens on earth. There is a bigger purpose than that. And I think that this bigger purpose is being fulfilled here.”

“It was countering this need of a new rule to wipe out everything that is sacred, everything that transcends us. In the show you see that—in spite of all the tragedy, this persists, this remains. It’s something that can never be wiped out completely because it is higher than us.”