Yang Liping was born in a Bai family in Dali, her father, Yang Yinbao, and her mother, Yang Xianguo, were both Bai. But when she was very young, her parents divorced, as she was the oldest in the family, with three younger siblings below her.
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 in 1971.
In 1979, the large-scale folk dance drama "Peacock Princess", starring Yang Liping, won the first prize for performance in Yunnan Province in 1979, and was transferred to the Central Folk Dance and Song Troupe after 1980. In 1980, Yang Liping was transferred to the Central National Song and Dance Troupe and became famous for her "Peacock Dance", and was the first dancer to hold a personal dance party in China.
In 1986, she created and performed the solo dance "The Spirit of the Sparrow", which became famous and won the first prize for creation and the first prize for performance in the Second National Dance Competition, and was honored as one of the top ten news figures by the Beijing Daily in 1988.
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When she was 13 years old, it just so happened that the Xishuangbanna State Song and Dance Troupe came to her village to recruit, when she heard that after joining the troupe after the monthly subsidy of 30 yuan, Yang Liping went to participate in the audition, and by virtue of their own dance talent, successfully selected.
From here, there was later the "God of Dance" Yang Liping, but this is from her fame, but there are still 15 years. 15 years later, in 1986, at this time, Yang Liping has been formally transferred to the Central Nationalities Song and Dance Troupe has five or six years.
Seemingly into the system, found a dance "professional" direction, but she was here, not very smooth, because she was always the other. She was insubordinate, refused to attend rehearsals, and had no professional dance training.
She was very resistant to the stereotypical ballet-style fundamentals, and she was the one who didn't fit in with the company. By that time, though, she was already making a name for herself, and her "Peacock Dance" was a big hit with audiences.
She also held a solo dance party in China, which was the first of its kind at the time. But all these efforts, and can not change her by the troupe "do not like" state. The company's "dislike" of her was a result of the fact that she was not a member of the troupe, not to mention the fact that she was a member of the group at a time when discipline was much more emphasized.
She had to suffer for her maverick behavior. In this atmosphere, the second national dance competition began to collect works nationwide, but Yang Liping's works were not selected by the unit, and this competition, only accepts works selected by the unit.
Yang Liping, a person of such character, naturally has her own way. Her temperament is also stubborn ah, without saying anything, sold his only watch, gathered 1,700 dollars, hard to solve the service, music, and even their own handle the video tape.
The production of "The Spirit of the Sparrow" was completed, and she took the videotape to the competition. But having said that she wouldn't take individual entries, she just sent it over and it was past the deadline for including entries, so the staff who took the tape had a hard time with it, too.
She was blocked from entering the competition, and she couldn't hold back her frustration, so she crouched down by her bike and cried on the spot. That said, rules are meant to be broken.
The staff at the scene saw her crying so aggrieved, but also could not bear it, said loosely: the competition may not have a chance, but if only during the judges' break in the lounge to play the video, it can still help.
As for whether she can be seen, it depends on her personal fortune. Facts have proved that Yang Liping's creation (strength) is good. No one expected that the dance "The Spirit of the Bird", which was broadcast in the lounge that year, became the biggest dark horse of the year.
In one fell swoop, she won the first prize for creation and the first place for performance. It is also from this point onwards, her dance career is like a hanging, go more and more smoothly. And that staff member is also considered to be her nobleman.
After 1986, Yang Liping's "The Spirit of the Sparrow" spread all over the country, and its beauty was breathtaking. But after becoming famous, Yang Liping is more abnormal, she never dared to go this "fast" road.
"Peacock in Yunnan is a totem, is the embodiment of the beauty of nature, I turned it into my faith." With reverence for the art of dance, each dance, she always polished a thousand times, but also decades as one day, focused on the "peacock" dance.
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