KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Pamela Skarda is someone who believes that faith does not have to create borders. After attending Shen Yun Performing Arts on her birthday, she was able to share the deep emotions that she experienced while watching the performance. “Utterly phenomenal, the best performance I’ve ever seen in my life,” Ms. Skarda said. “The last scene on compassion, I literally had a spiritual experience. My heart just opened with divine love. It was, I could feel every cell of my body vibrating as the divine—it was just phenomenal.” “These artists, they are meticulous in their form. It is precision; it is God incarnate on stage.” New York-based Shen Yun are artists from all around the world who came together to share a message from China’s semi-divine 5,000-year-old culture through performing arts. The artists draw inspiration from “China before communism” and follow traditional values in their creations. “It is perfection. …