ROSEMONT, Ill.—Chris Pulos said he applauded the artists of Shen Yun Performing Arts, and the direction in which they took their audience.
“I think that there is a moral compass to all of this, and I applaud the show,” said Mr. Pulos, a consultant for a Fortune 250 company. “We could all use a little bit more of a defined direction on where we’re heading.”
Mr. Pulos said there were values told through art in the performance, like that of caring for others.
“You could see that in some of the dance,” he said.
“I think that there is something, there should be something, above and beyond ourselves,” he said. “This type of play and this type of acting shows that. I think it mirrors what people are looking for. They’re looking for something a little bit bigger than themselves. Something bigger than themselves.”
Also in the audience that afternoon was Jeffrey Forzley, a chiropractor, who said he was seeing Shen Yun for the fourth time because the music, dance, and inspiration the performance delivered was something well-worth seeing again.
“The show was amazing. Oh, it’s amazing,” he said. “It’s a feeling of everything.”
“It talked a lot about the Lord,” he said. “I think if you have God in your heart, then you are a better person because you don’t want to hurt other people. You don’t want to hurt the earth. You don’t want to poison the earth. So that is what I believe.”
With reporting by Stacey Tang.
