“I like the message about stepping away from communism, not being repressed—especially now in the present. That was a good message. It was a good production. You could tell they worked really hard,” said Mr. Velasquez.

“I think [Shen Yun] does a good job of teaching people who don’t know about the culture, an insight of how Chinese culture is. I think it opens your eyes to different cultures,” Mr. Velasquez said.

“Storyline was great. The narration was really great because it helped you understand the process. So it was really essential that they had that in [the performance] to let you know what was going on. But all of them were really good,” Mr. Velasquez said.

“Costumes were amazing. The way they interacted with the screen, going back and forth, it was amazing,” Mr. Velasquez said.

Touched by Shen Yun’s positive energy, Mr. Velasquez shared that he would recommend the performance to others.

“I would recommend it to anybody. It’s very positive. I mean, the whole thing is just a great production,” he said.