Yang Liping is a Chinese dancer and choreographer of Bai ethnicity.
15 Facts About Yang Liping
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Yang Liping rose to fame for choreographing and performing "The spirit of Peacock" in 1986.
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Yang Liping was the first dancer from Mainland China that went to Taiwan to perform in 1992.
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Yang Liping is known across China for her creativity and her performance of the Dai peacock dance.
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Yang Liping has performed over 1000 shows and toured to over 30 countries and regions, including The Philippines, Singapore, Russia, US, Canada, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
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Yang Liping was born 10 November 1958 in Wen Qiang village, Cibihu town, Dali city, Yunnan province.
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Yang Liping was born during the Great Chinese Famine and lived a hard life.
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Yang Liping moved to Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture with her family when she was nine.
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Yang Liping began her formal dance training at the late age of 11 at a dance troupe in the Xishuangbanna area of Yunnan, after her family moved to the area.
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Yang Liping rose to national level fame in 1986 when she won first prize in a national dance competition for her original solo "Spirit of the Peacock".
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Yang Liping was the director, choreographer and star of "Dynamic Yunnan", a show that drew sellout crowds all over China.
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Yang Liping toured Europe and the United States in 2005.
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Yang Liping is currently a judge on So You Think You Can Dance China.
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Yang Liping's first husband was a colleague of the Central National Song and Dance Troupe and later divorced.
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The couple met in 1990 and married in 1995, but Yang Liping wants to dance long-term dieting and cannot be pregnant.