PARIS—Capping off a French tour that began on January 2, Shen Yun Performing Arts has entered its final stretch of performances in France at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.

On Wednesday, April 30, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company returned to bring 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture to life.

François-Xavier Dupont hails from nearby Neuilly-sur-Seine. He had heard good things about New York-based Shen Yun, but said the performance even exceeded expectations.

“It was superb, and I was really taken with the colors, the stage sets and the scenery! Then, of course, the actors, the musicians, the dancers—it’s grandiose,” said Mr. Dupont, the deputy mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine and a former managing director of a communications agency.

He said he was astonished by such “precision”: “It’s everywhere, on the musicians, on the dancers, on the singer in particular. It’s of the highest quality!”

“I thought it was superb and original for us French ... for us Parisians! We’re not used to seeing this kind of show,” he added.

The spirituality present in Shen Yun’s dancing and singing tableaux is not insignificant, for in reviving traditional Chinese culture, Shen Yun also reminds that this culture was considered by the ancient Chinese to be a legacy bequeathed by the divinities.

Mr. Dupont said that he felt this connection to the divine, firstly through the effects created by the animated digital backdrop, but also through “this presence, this divine presence.”

“Obviously, we felt there was a source, and it’s the source of the culture of the Chinese region,” he said.

For Mr. Dupont, Shen Yun represented “a new vision of how to perform, because once again, we’re not used to that. There’s a lot of art here, and indeed a lot of depth, because we feel that behind it lies a very ancient culture.”

Cécile Benhida loves classical dance, and so was delighted to discover classical Chinese dance at the Palais des Congrès on April 30 through Shen Yun.

“It’s very beautiful, very aerial and very acrobatic too,” said Ms. Benhida, a sales director of a pharmaceutical company.

Drawing its postures and movements from thousands of years of folk performances, theater, and imperial court dances, classical Chinese dance has become one of the most comprehensive dance systems in the world. It also combines postures and movements with jumps, flips, and spins, and classical Chinese dance also emphasizes the expression of the dancer’s deepest emotions, or inner bearing.

“We have the physical prowess of the dancers, a lot of poetry, and then there’s the whole digital part, since there’s a projection in the background that’s quite poetic and reminiscent of the most beautiful landscapes you can find in China,” Ms. Benhida said.

Ms. Behida said she had “the impression of being in a fairytale.”

“There’s something of the order, both spiritual and calming. So yes, you could say it’s divine,” she said.

For Ms. Benhida, Shen Yun is “a show that is soothing, you feel a lot of serenity, there’s a certain joy and indeed we can say a certain benevolence, it’s very cheerful!”

The show also radiates “a certain ambition in terms of excellence, because what we see on stage is excellence and poetry,” she added.