As of 2023, Yang Liping is 64 years old.
Born on November 10, 1958 in Yunnan, Yang Liping is a Chinese dance artist and national-level performer who in 2023 will be 64 years old. In 1971, she joined the Xishuangbanna State Song and Dance Troupe, then transferred to the Central Nationalities Song and Dance Troupe, where she became famous for her "Peacock Dance", and in 1992, she became the first mainland Chinese dancer to perform in Taiwan.
In 1994, Yang Liping's solo dance "The Spirit of the Sparrow" won the Gold Medal for the 20th Century Dance Classics of the Chinese Nationalities, and in 2009, she became the first dancer in China to organize a solo dance party after the success of her dance "The Sound of Yunnan", the sister of "Reflections of Yunnan".
Yang Liping's Personal Experience
Yang Liping was born in a Bai family in Dali, her father, Yang Yinbao, and her mother, Yang Xianguo, both of whom were Bai. But when she was very young, her parents divorced, and because she was the oldest in the family, with three younger siblings, the responsibility of taking care of them naturally fell on Yang Liping's shoulders. Since she was a young girl, she has not entered any dance school. With her talent, she entered the Xishuangbanna State Song and Dance Troupe from her village.
Over the years she has visited many countries in the world for artistic exchanges, holding special dance evenings in the Philippines, Singapore, Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan and other countries and regions. She also wrote, directed and acted in the movie "Sunbird", which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Montreal International Film Festival.