Yang Liping
Yang performing at a concert
Born (1958-11-10) November 10, 1958
Wen Qiang village, Cibihu town, Dali, Yunnan province
NationalityChinese
Alma materMinzu University of China
Occupations
Years active1971–present
TitlePrincess of Peacock, Dancing Goddess
Spouse
Liu Chunqing
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(m. 1995)​
RelativesYang Cai Qi (Niece)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊麗萍
Simplified Chinese杨丽萍

Yang Liping (Chinese: 杨丽萍; pinyin: Yánglí Píng; born 10 November 1958) is a Chinese dancer and choreographer of Bai ethnicity. She rose to fame for choreographing and performing "The spirit of Peacock" in 1986. She was the first dancer from Mainland China that went to Taiwan to perform in 1992. She is known across China for her creativity and her performance of the Dai peacock dance. Yang has been dubbed as the "Peacock Princess of China".[1] She has performed over 1000 shows and toured to over 30 countries and regions, including The Philippines, Singapore, Russia, US, Canada, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.[2]

Early life and family

Yang was born 10 November 1958 in Wen Qiang village, Cibihu town, Dali city, Yunnan province. She is the eldest of four children. Her parents and grandparents, members of the Bai ethnic minority, were farmers in a nearby village. Her grandmother was a singer in the village.[1] She was born during the Great Chinese Famine and lived a hard life.[3] She moved to Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture with her family when she was nine.[4] Fearful of persecution in Cultural Revolution, Yang's father left his family. 11-year-old Yang and her mother supported the whole family.[5][6]

Career

Yang 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. In the Southern flatland of Yunnan, Xishuangbanna borders the country of Burma and is dominated by the Dai ethnic group, whose Peacock dance she would become synonymous with. In 1971, she took on the role of "Peacock Princess" in the Xishuangbanna Song and Dance Troupe's narrative dance drama Zhaoshuzhun yu nanmunuona[7].

In her early 20s, after she moved to Beijing to dance with the Central Nationalities Song and Dance Ensemble, she made the Daomeilan's version of the peacock dance her own, recasting parts of it with deft arm and finger movements. In 1986, that choreography and dance won her first prize in a national competition.[1] She 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" (雀之灵). Ever since, she has been dubbed the "Peacock Princess".

She was the director, choreographer and star of "Dynamic Yunnan", a show that drew sellout crowds all over China. In 2004, "Dynamic Yunnan" won five major awards at the National Lotus Awards, including Gold Award for Dance Spectacular, Best Choreography and Best Female Performer. To create the exotic song and dance spectacular "Dynamic Yunnan", Yang spent years traveling to remote villages of the 26 ethnic minority tribes in Yunnan and selected over 60 villagers who had the natural gift of song and dance, from whom she built an archive re-creating this rich feast of sight and sound.[1] It is part of a trilogy that she directed and choreographed between 2004 and 2008: "Dynamic Yunnan", "Echoes of Shangri-la" and "Tibetan Myth". She toured Europe and the United States in 2005.

In May 2009, she revealed a dance and music production 'Yunnan Sound', at the Yunnan Art Institute's Experimental Theater. On 17 November 2009, during US President Barack Obama's visit to China, she performed the classic dance "The Spirit of the Birds" at the Great Hall of the People.[8] She is currently a judge on So You Think You Can Dance China.

yang is performing in a concert dynamic Yunnan in China in 2010.

Choreographic works

  • Moonlight[9]
  • Pilgrimage to Lhasa[10]
  • Two trees[11]
  • 雨丝[12]
  • Fire[13]
  • Red temptation[14]
  • Daughter of the country[15]
  • Spirit of the Peacock[16]
  • Romantic peacock [17]
  • Echoes Of Shangrila[18]
  • Under Siege—The Full Story of Farewell My Concibine[19]
  • Dynamic Yunnan[20]
  • Peacock of Winter[21]
  • The Peacock[22]
  • Shangrila Dynamic Yunnan[23]
  • Dynamic Huangshan[24]

Personal life

Yang's first husband was a colleague of the Central National Song and Dance Troupe and later divorced. Her current husband, Liu Yuqing, is a Taiwanese-American. The couple met in 1990 and married in 1995, but Yang wants to dance long-term dieting and cannot be pregnant.[25]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Barboza, David (5 March 2005). "The Peacock Princess of China". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "白族的孔雀精灵-杨丽萍_名家_中华舞蹈网". 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "《年代访》对话杨丽萍：纷乱世界 我看到万物真相". 凤凰网. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "杨丽萍与她的故乡". 人民日报海外版. 11 April 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ↑ 庞清辉. "杨丽萍：一个舞蹈家的传奇". 人民网. 人民文摘. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. ↑ 张道正. "著名舞蹈家杨丽萍：我没有那么好 只是生逢其时". 中国新闻网. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "西双版纳音乐舞蹈资源的产业开发与思考 - 中国知网". www.cnki.net. doi:10.16230/j.cnki.yyxb.2008.01.006. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "杨丽萍：用舞蹈来养活灵魂-博宝艺术网 时间". Art Xun (in Chinese). 21 December 2009.
  9. ↑ China's most beautiful dance!Yang Liping, "Moonlight"The most beautiful dance. 鲁弘睿. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ Pilgrimage to Lhasa, Version II (Yunnan Yingxiang) Yang Liping, 2002. James P. 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ two trees by yang liping. rendan27. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ 雨丝（表演：杨丽萍）. lingbo dancer. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  13. ↑ 杨丽萍 火. 4799 BILLY. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ 极其极其罕见的杨丽萍早期舞蹈《红色诱惑》. 4799 BILLY. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ 女儿国 （杨丽萍） Country of Daughters. sugarsweet87. 2 September 2007. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ Liping Yang - Spirit of the Peacock 杨丽萍-云南印象-雀之灵. sugarsweet87. 18 October 2006. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ 2012央视春节联欢晚会 舞蹈《雀之恋》杨丽萍 王迪| CCTV春晚. CCTV春晚. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ Documentary of Echoes Of Shangrila 云南的响声纪录片. Yunnan Visitor Center. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ "杨丽萍艺术". www.yangliping.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  20. ↑ "杨丽萍艺术". www.yangliping.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "杨丽萍艺术". www.yangliping.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  22. ↑ "杨丽萍艺术". www.yangliping.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  23. ↑ "杨丽萍艺术". www.yangliping.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  24. ↑ "杨丽萍艺术". www.yangliping.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  25. ↑ "揭54岁杨丽萍终身不育内幕 老公系台湾富豪-搜狐娱乐". Sohu (in Chinese). 25 September 2012.
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