Stepping out of the theater at the end of the evening, Mr. Bedi couldn’t stop praising the beauty of the show.
“It was amazing. It’s still playing in my mind. I’m pretty sure that the hangover is going to be there for a pretty long time,” he said.
“Those images, those dances, are still playing in my mind. It was really mesmerizing. I didn’t expect it to be such a wonderful show. It was amazing.”
“I felt free,” Ms. Golliday reflected. “The dancers were very graceful, and they had a very ethereal feel to them. Something about them just had me enchanted, and I felt liberated.”
“As an artist trying to live in a world that feels like a matrix, I want to look for an escape—from bills and day-to-day bondage. I relate to them and wish I could dance like that every day for a living,” she said.
“I’ve been emotional and teary-eyed almost the entire time. Very beautiful. I felt the energy that translated through—it just feels very divine.”
Indeed, for 5,000 years, the country prospered. However, after the communist takeover and its spread of atheism, all this traditional culture was systematically destroyed. Today, Shen Yun’s mission is to bring back the beauty and goodness of pre-communist China.
“The spirit of freedom and expression just makes you feel so good. I feel freed and spirited and liberated—it’s touching somewhere inside, and it’s appealing to me a lot,” he expressed.
“I like everything. That story, in particular, was really heartwarming for me. It was really touching,” he stated.
“It’s great to witness freedom and witness stories about culture. Just learning about the dancers—they’re so beautiful—every move was made to look so easy.”
