Audience members said they were deeply impressed by the performance.

“Amazing. Great spectacle, great music, great dancing,” said former director Mark Duckworth.

“It’s not only the dancing and the acrobatics, but the stories behind them. The people that were introducing would explain a story. There was a little lesson in each tale, and the two things combined just made it mesmerizingly special,” actress and radio presenter Kathleen Shaw said.

“Unbelievable. It’s fantastic. The costumes, the dancing, the techniques—just loved it, absolutely loved it,” sales manager Chris Davison said.

Professional Cellist Dorottya Etheridge said: “Being a musician, I cannot separate the music from the dance. So I listen to the music and with the visuals; this is just very nice together. [The] storytelling is brilliant.”

“I think the musicians are extremely good,” Ms. Etheridge said. “Intonation of the violins, it’s not easy to play. As I can hear the music and the two soloists—they are really, really good. So I enjoy it very, very much; the music as well as the dance.”

“I think that we live in difficult times, don’t we? And I think that kind of performance, you get lost in it and you forget all the troubles that are in the world today,” Mr. Duckworth said.

“We have wars going on in different countries, political trauma as well. And I think watching something that’s uplifting takes you away from that.”

“It’s a promotion of what we would call traditional Chinese values, which we don’t always see in the modern world,” Associate Professor George Gilbert said. “I think it’s quite interesting and it gives a breakdown of that kind of appreciation of the cultural side of things as well, more than just a dance show”

He added, “I think we in the West, sometimes we’re not good at slowing down. It’s got some quite interesting themes about how outer strength is matched with inner tranquility. I think sometimes we need to pause and enjoy the moment.”

“I think also looking at some of the stories there, the right versus wrong and the right triumphs over wrong, I think that was important as well and very relevant to today,” Mr. Duckworth said.

“I think it was magical, actually. It’s a bit like going back into a fairy tale, isn’t it?”

Ms. Shaw said, “I think no matter what age you are, no matter what background, there was something in this for everyone and I hope that they’ve taken that way as much as I’ve taken it away today.

“I‘ll be coming again and again. This was my first time. I will be back, and I’ll bring others with me too.”