“It was a little emotional … especially when they were singing and telling the stories [through dance]. … We are here for a purpose, and I understood … we get tied up in our everyday little things, and that really doesn’t matter. It really is bigger than that. … There are more important things out there.”

“The [male singer] almost had me in tears. I really felt what he was singing.”

“[Shen Yun] was so much better than anybody said it was. You have to see it in order to understand it—how good it is.”