Yang Liping — China ‘s most beautiful dance celebrity

楊麗萍,雲南大理白族人。從小酷愛舞蹈卻未進過舞蹈學校,憑藉著驚人的舞蹈天賦和創造力,成為享譽海內外的舞蹈藝術家。一九八六年以自己創作的獨舞雀之靈一舉成名,一九八八年被北京日報評為當年十大新聞人物之一。多年來她出訪世界很多國家進行藝術交流,沉醉于舞蹈藝術的傳播和探索。相機為觀眾奉獻了《兩棵樹》、《火》、《女兒國》等作品二零零一年後更以她編導和主演的《雲南印象》、《藏迷》、《雲南的聲響》等歌舞集驚艷全國,成為舞台不老的傳奇。

Yang Liping is a native of the Bai ethnic nationality  of  Yunnan and developed a passion for dance when she was young. Although never formally trained in any dance academy, she is naturally gifted and, powered by an unusual imagination, she has become the internationally renowed dance artist of today. She came into prominence with Spirit of the Peacock, which she choreographed and performed herself, in 1986 anzd was named one of the ten persons of the year by beijing daily in 1988. over the years , Yang has been on many artistic exchange tours to various parts of the world, in a bid to promote and explore dance as an art form. Her notable works include two  trees, fire and A Female-dominant World. Since 2001, she has dazzled the nation with her song and dance spectaculars Dynamic Yunnanin search of shangri-la,Tibetan myth and Echoes of Shangri-la, and with an evergreen image that she never ages.

楊麗萍的舞蹈藝術來自民間和土地,從天地造化與各門類藝術中汲取養分,附身于土地而超然于物外,以自然的天性觸及靈魂,被譽為舞蹈詩人、靈魂舞者。在一個舞者的身份之外,她更是一個身體力行的傳播者,從未停止過對民間藝術的收集整理與傳承傳播,為民族民間藝術做出了卓越貢獻。開闊地視野和開放的意識,令她自由往來于東西方傳統文化和當代藝術之間,四十年藝術生涯的沉澱,成就了今天的楊麗萍,一位生命的舞者,一位觸類旁通而富有創造力的藝術家。

As a choreographer and dancer, Yang has taken her inspiration from folk culture, nature, the earth, and various forms of art. She stays close to her own soil but, in spirit, she is a born transcendentalist. This has won her the accolades as a dance poet and the spirit of dance. Other than the dancer ego, she is also a collector and bearer of ethnic and folk art. in this regard, she has never stopped in her pursuit and as a result, she has made tremendous contribution to these forms. Her broad vision and open-mindedness have lent her boundless freedom between East-Wwst cultures and contemporary art. Her career of forty years has shaped Yang to what she is today – a dancer in celebration of life, an artist who sees the interrelationships between things and therefore is continuously inspired to create the new.

主要成就包括:

  • 一九七九年主演大型民族舞劇《孔雀公主》,榮獲雲南省表演一等獎
  • 一九八六年憑獨舞《雀之靈》榮獲第二屆全國舞蹈比賽創造一等獎、表演第一名
  • 一九九二年成為中國大陸第一位赴台灣表演的舞蹈家
  • 一九九四年憑獨舞《雀之靈》榮獲中華名族二十世紀舞蹈經典作品金獎
  • 一九九七年參加日本大阪國際藝術節,大阪國際交流中心授予最高藝術獎、菲律賓國家民間舞蹈協會贈予她為終身會員
  • 一九九八年編導并主演電影《太陽鳥》,榮獲蒙特利爾國際電影節的評委會大獎
  • 二零零三年出任藝術總監和總編導,并領銜主演大型原生態歌舞集《雲南印象》
  • 二零零四年憑大型原生態歌舞集《雲南印象》,獲第四屆中國舞蹈荷花獎舞蹈詩金獎、最佳女主角獎、最佳編導獎、最佳服裝設計獎和優秀表演獎
  • 二零零七年出任藝術總監及總編導,并領銜主演大型原生態歌舞集《藏迷》
  • 二零零九年出任藝術總監及總編導,并領銜主演大型原生態打擊樂舞《雲南的聲響》
  • 二零一一年獲鳳凰衛視世界因你而美麗—影響世界華人盛典大獎。同年,參與《中國國家形象片—人物篇》的拍攝、獲文化部評為十佳優秀藝人及獲首屆中華藝文獎
  • 二零一二年獲二零一一網易女性傳媒大獎成長女性榜樣

The following are the milestones in Yang’s artistic career:

  • The ethnic dance drama Peacock Princess won  a Class One Award for Performance in Yunnan Province in 1979
  • The solo dance Spirit of the peacock won a Class One Award for originality and the First Prize in Performance at the 2nd All China  Dance Competition in 1986
  • The first ever dancer from the Mainland to perform in Taiwan in 1992
  • Her solo dance version of Spirit of the Peacock won the Gold Award at the Dance Classics of the 20th Century in 1994
  •  She participated in the Osaka International Festival in 1997, wher she was presented the Highest Arts Award by  the Osaka International House and was made a life Memer by the Philippine Folk Dance Society
  • ‘Sun Island’, a film in which she choreographed and starred, won the Judges’ Prize at the Montreal International Film Festival in 1998
  • In 2003, she was the Artistic Director, Chief Choreographer and star of the ethnic musical spectacular, Dynamic Yunnan – In Search of Shangri-la, with which she won a Gold Award for Dance Poem and other awards inculding Best Female Lead, Best Choreographer, Best Costume Design and Outstanding Performance at the ‘ Lotus Awards ‘  in 2004
  • In 2007 and 2009, she was the Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of the ethnic song and dance musical Tibetan Myth and the ethnic percussion music and dance production, Echoes of Shangri-la
  • She was presented the You Bring Charm to the World Award by Phoenix TV in 2011. She participated in the filming of the National Image Building Film Series- Personalities for China, and was named one of the Ten Best Artists by the Ministry of Culture: she also won the first China Arts Award in the same year
  • She was presented in the 2011 Women’s Media Award as a role model for mature women in 2012