NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts performed at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 7 to an enthralled audience. Nicole Fiene, a senior district manager for ADP, came with her friend Michelle Estevez, a teacher.

Ms. Fiene has seen Shen Yun seven or eight times, she said. “I like to share it with all my friends because it’s so special. When I’m inside looking at it, I just feel this refreshment, like a wave of inspiration.”

She commented on the beauty and softness of the female performers. “The female dancers are such an inspiration,” she said. “It makes me want to incorporate that in my own life because sometimes, we could all be a little harsh. We let the emotions get to us, but seeing how beautiful delicateness is—it inspires me to be this way or start trying to be that way.”

Ms. Estevez admired how Shen Yun performers tell stories through dance. “I feel like you really have to focus because there are no words in the show. It’s just the movement, the dancing. You really have to see the connection between the music, the dancers, and the screen—just everything, and really kind of just hone in, and focus, and concentrate.”

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Ms. Fiene agreed. “That’s a really good point. I agree with that because there are no words. You have to be able to see the bigger picture,” she said.

She was most impressed with the elegance and charming quality of the dancers. “Just the [dancers] gracefulness and the delicateness. I really want to incorporate that in my life.”

There was a spiritual message that Ms. Fiene appreciated in the show. “I think for me, I’ve always known that there’s a bigger picture to life. It’s not just the daily things that we do. It’s part of life. But there’s a bigger picture that I think, when people are able to connect with that bigger picture, life becomes so much more fulfilling and so much more meaningful. The bigger picture.”

Mr. Harris said what he liked about the performance, especially Shen Yun’s message for China.: “I like two things about [Shen Yun]: One, that it brought different parts of China together; and the other one, that it brought in Falun Dafa.”

He expressed his understanding of Shen Yun’s message to the world. “The spiritual message is the same throughout history. You have to choose what side of the fence you’re on: the bad side, on the fence, or the good side.

“Most people want to choose the good side,” he said, “but they’re really on the fence. It’s like on Monday morning you decide to go on a diet, but you do that every Monday morning. Was it really a decision? You have to choose to be on the right side of the fence.”