“The ability of all the dancers—it’s just incredible,” he said. “They’re not only dancers; they’re basically acrobats. They’re very, very fit, very well rehearsed, and everything is highly synchronized. It’s really good.”

“Those spirals, the spinning that they do—that’s very, very impressive. And the ladies are so sweet, so soft, so smooth. The way they move around the stage is beautiful,” Mr. Torres said.

He noted that many societies today—not only China—are losing their connection to tradition and the values passed down through family, culture, and upbringing.

“The world is becoming too fast and too complicated. Sometimes, we give value to things that are not really important,” he said. “We’re losing touch with our roots, with where we come from, and with how important it is to understand our past in order to decide our future.”

“Everything and every piece that you see is somehow connected to a spiritual side of it,” he said.

“We came to this earth to pay for our sins. There’s always a God involved, whatever the different types of gods may be. There’s healing, there’s justice, too, that it tries to portray. So it’s very, very spiritual. It takes us back to the core values of life, instead of just what we see every day and what we have to endure.”

Mr. Torres applauded Shen Yun’s efforts to preserve and share traditional culture, describing it as a very important mission.

“China is a beautiful culture, a millennial culture that needs to continue to exist, to be recovered, and should be free for everybody to see,” he said. “And again, it’s about going back to our roots and everything that millennial cultures like Chinese can bring to us and the world.”

He also stressed the broader importance of cultural exchange.

“We share the planet, so we have to share with each other all the good values that every single culture and people have,” he said in conclusion. “So I think it’s extremely important that we continue to propagate all that.”