“The choreography, the color, the music, the movements, have been inspiring and beautiful,” Douglas Moorhead, a psychologist, said.

Marlene Gorman, a business owner, said, “There’s got to be a whole other level of skill behind that. It was really beautiful. They did a beautiful job.”

“One of the best parts of the performance was when the lady was playing that two-string instrument. It was fantastic. What a great sound that has,” Vito Sarullo, a mechanical engineer, said of the Chinese instrument the erhu.

“I just love the message that they are giving to American society. And they are teaching not only history and what’s going on in the Chinese culture, they’re educating us as well,” Heather Sarullo, a school principal. said.

“I think that’s a good idea, a good way of keeping that alive, even though I know in China they can’t see it. But if enough people around the world see it, that’s going to keep that message alive,” Ms. Gorman said. “I think trying to keep that alive so that hopefully, someday it can come back and take back over what the culture should be.”