“My wife and I, over and over again, throughout it, would turn to each other and just comment on how beautiful movements were and how impossible some of the sounds and movements seemed like they should be … it was a beautiful event.”

“There was so much movement while they were doing it and seeing them catch and throw,” he said. “Everything about it was really fun to watch.”

“That’s a story that I was a fan of before I came, so it was really fun to watch it on stage,” he said.

Another story-based dance that left a deep impression on Mr. Inman was one that was set in modern-day China and depicted the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of followers of Falun Dafa, a spiritual practice that teaches the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

“I’ve heard quite a bit about how oppressive it is,” said Mr. Inman, referring to the Chinese regime. “Seeing some of the images in the [performance] hit that home a little bit more. It was difficult to see people standing up for their beliefs and losing their lives because of it.”

Mr. Inman said that performance tells people that “there’s still good people. They’re just being quieted right now. The government is covering it up right now.”

“That’s a personal thing of mine as well, I love seeing that,” added Mr. Inman, before sharing the second message he took from the performance. “China’s been beautiful for thousands of years and a communist regime’s taken a lot of that away, but it’s possible to get it back.”