“It’s beautiful. Very moving. It’s not only the colors—everything was spectacular. It’s unbelievable how talented everybody is and it’s been something I wanted to see for a long time and I’m so glad we finally made it,” said Ms. Vajcovec.

“If you take 5,000 years of civilization and learning and going through time—it’s very good for the world to see this, and I’m glad that someone’s doing this,” said Mr. Vajcovec, who owned a packaging company before retirement.

“I just think the talent is beyond reproach, the dancers are exceptional, and the message is very sincere,” Mr. Vajcovec said.

Shen Yun uses Classical Chinese dance to portray the modern true story of Falun Dafa practitioners being persecuted for their faith in China. Falun Dafa is a peaceful practice that teaches the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

“To understand that the regime in China is not good for the people and people have a right to believe in what they want to believe in. They have a right to practice what they want to practice. And I wish that the leaders would understand that better,” Mr. Vajcovec said.

The couple described the dance as “a wakeup,” and they were shocked that something like the organ harvesting of Falun Dafa practitioners is still happening in present-day China.

“It’s too bad that the world or the press doesn’t make this more known to the world,” Mr. Vajcovec said.

“This world is a little crazy and unpredictable, and right now we just need to get this message across, and we need to wake up to it. So, we appreciate everything they’re doing,” she elaborated.