“The whole spectacular spectrum of colors [is] wonderful.”

“I just think that there’s so much symmetry with the dancers as a group, that is very, very impressive—makes you feel good.”

“I don’t know any of those stories [from 5000 years of Chinese culture], so it’s great, it’s fascinating to hear about this, love it!”

“I think we have a lot of respect for that [spiritual and divine aspect of Shen Yun]. We don’t know it, we don’t understand it, because it’s new to us, but we have a lot of respect for it—I find that to be very intriguing to me too.”