FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—For artist Pamela Zabala, watching Shen Yun Performing Arts was a “heavenly” experience. “I do feel like this is a privilege, and I think everybody should experience the healing power of art,” said Ms. Zabala, a painter, who watched the performance with Edison Rumbos, a multimedia producer, at the Au-Rene Theatre in Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 29. The healing sensation was something that Mr. Rumbos experienced as well as he listened to the performance of one of Shen Yun’s vocalists singing Chinese lyrics using the bel canto style. “What we hear through his voice, [it’s] very healing,” Mr. Rumbos said. “It went directly to my soul.” Ms. Zabala and Mr. Rumbos both said they were left speechless after watching the performance. “If I could say in a word, I would say that this is heavenly inspired,” said Ms. Zabala of Shen Yun. “It’s celestial. … [It has a] note of holiness and …