“There were several moments where I became very emotional, and I wanted to cry because there were some sad moments in some of the presentations,” but seeing how they came out triumphant in the end was so inspiring. And I was able to learn more about Chinese culture as well.”

“Look for beauty everywhere,” she said of what message she took from the show. “They showed a lot of diversity in the landscapes and the backgrounds and the wardrobe. And so I just thought about how sometimes we miss beauty because we’re looking beyond it. You can find it in clothing, you can find it in dance, you can find it in porcelain, you can find it in the smiles on faces and even chopsticks.”

“I’m so excited. It immediately made me feel like stretching because they were so flexible,” she said. “I’m also just inspired by the fact that their stamina lasted the entire two hours of the show. I think that’s so admirable, that shows a lot about the work and the prep that they put into the program. And this was a Christmas gift to my husband last year—we’ve been waiting months for this show. And I’m so excited to have seen it.”

“We were sitting on the second row so we could see their faces. We can see the passion and the love for the art that they have. And we can hear them breathing through it and just really feeling their way through their performances,” said Ms. Hall.

Although some of Shen Yun’s dances tell tales of sorrow, good is always met with divine reward, and evil is always punished.

“My takeaway is that there’s nothing that’s impossible for us to do,” said Ms. Hall.

“It was really cool to see how the screen was interactive with the actual show. So when people went down into the floor, it looked like they came up on the screen,” said Ms. Hall.