For some people, dance is a hobby, a career, and the pursuit of dreams, but for one person, dance is special, unique, and higher than his or her own life.
In order to present dance in the best condition, she could not eat rice for 30 years, just to maintain the best figure;
In order to continue to pursue her dream of dancing, she could reluctantly give up her true love and motherhood. s right.
Dance is her soul. She can have nothing but her soul.
"she" is Yang Liping .
Because of these practices, she was called "an alien in the world"
1. Born in a poor mountain village of a minority
In 1958, Yang Liping was born in the Bai ethnic group of Yunnan.
Yang Liping's parents are ordinary farmers who have never read any books.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the per capita education level was relatively low and the thinking was relatively backward. In addition, the Bai people were located in a remote location.
After getting married, women there are not only responsible for carrying on the family line, but also responsible for most of the farm work at home. It seems that only in this way can they be called "good wives and loving mothers."
Because of this, after Yang Liping, her parents gave birth to three younger siblings one after another, even though the family's financial situation was really bad.
After having younger siblings, the family's expenses have become higher than before, so it goes without saying that there is pressure.
People need to do the work in the fields and take care of the children, but there is never much money.
As a result, the quarrels between the parents became more and more intense. In the end, the relationship between the parents completely broke down and ended in divorce.
After her parents separated, Yang Liping and her siblings lived with their mother, which meant that her mother had to support the large family alone.
Mother is a woman after all, and her abilities and physical strength are always limited.
Yang Liping couldn't bear to see her mother overworked. As the eldest daughter in the family, she naturally learned to help her mother share the burden.
Yang Liping has been very sensible since she was a child.
After her parents divorced, she became the one in the family who took care of her younger siblings. She took the initiative to cook, wash clothes, and carry water every day. Sometimes she had to go to the fields with her mother to do farm work when the farm was busy. Life was very difficult.
As we all know, ethnic minority people seem to be born with artistic cells, and being able to sing and dance is their label.
There, whether it is a wedding or a funeral, the villagers will gather together to sing and dance to express blessings or condolences.
Whenever there is such an event, Yang Liping is the happiest.
She blended into the crowd with the adults, jumping and dancing, as if only this moment was relaxing and joyful.
For Yang Liping, dance is more like the salvation of life.
No matter how difficult her life is, as long as she dances, she will always be the one who dances most seriously and laughs most sincerely.
Of course, it is undeniable that she is talented. Although she has not had the conditions to accept professional studies, she is definitely the best dancer in the amateur team.
This point is recognized by the whole village.
But at that time, Yang Liping only had a yearning and love for dance, not to the point of becoming obsessed with it later.
Until 1971, Yang Liping, who was in the first grade of junior high school, ushered in the first turning point in her life.
In a cultural activity organized by the school, Yang Liping's dance made all the teachers and students applaud her.
It was also this dance that made the Xishuangbanna Song and Dance Troupe see her.
In the eyes of the teachers of the song and dance troupe, Yang Liping is a piece of rough jade without any polishing.
Although she has not received professional or systematic study, nor does she have solid basic skills, and even her movements may not be standard, Yang Liping has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, she can see the truth and nature in her body, and over time, she can master it. If you carve it carefully, it will definitely shine.
2. "Gifted" creates her own miracle
In this way, Yang Liping successfully entered the Xishuangbanna Song and Dance Troupe, and the teachers had high hopes for her.
Yang Liping knows that her basic skills are weak, so when there are no performance tasks in the troupe, she works hard to practice her basic skills. She gets up the earliest and goes to bed the latest every day.
has been here for nine years.
In the past nine years, she followed the seniors in the troupe to perform in villages and villages. Not only did she receive systematic training and learning, but she also gained rich performance experience and a taste of the customs and customs of various places, which laid the foundation for her later creations. Inspiration accumulated.
In 1979, Yang Liping starred in the large-scale national dance drama "Peacock Princess ", which gave everyone a new understanding of " Peacock Dance ".
Yang Liping on the stage showed the agility of the peacock vividly with every smile and every step, as if she was a real peacock.
"Peacock Princess" not only won her the first prize for performance in Yunnan Province, but also made her stand out in the dance world.
Later, the Central Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe saw this agile "peacock" and took her under its wing.
The Central Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe was like a shrine at that time. Famous artists such as Tengger, Qubiawu, Bei Yujie, etc. all came from here.
It can be said that if you can enter here, you are already half successful.
At the beginning, Yang Liping, like most people, was full of expectations for this place. However, after staying here for a while, Yang Liping found that it was difficult for her to adapt to the model here.
Yang Liping was born and raised in a minority group. Her dances are full of original ethnic feeling.
However, the style of Central Song and Dance Ensemble at that time was mainly Soviet style that was in line with the times. It was as if classical and popular collided and seemed out of place.
After experiencing struggle and running-in, Yang Liping gradually understood what she was really pursuing in her heart. In the end, she chose to continue studying her folk dance and embarked on a completely different dance path from her classmates.
From then on, Yang Liping never took any professional courses in school, but decided to study independently.
She rented a basement. During the day, when everyone was in school, she practiced basic skills in the basement. At night, when everyone went back to the dormitory to rest, she went to the dance studio to practice dancing, trying to stagger the time with her classmates. Do not affect each other.
At that time, the other girls in the same dormitory as Yang Liping didn't understand her. They even gave her the nickname "Night Owl". The implication was that she was very strange and unsociable, and she always went against everyone's will.
I have to say that Yang Liping really has a tenacity at this time. No matter what people around her think of herself, she can ignore it and immerse herself in her dance career without wavering.
Even when it rained and leaked in her dormitory, her friends reminded her, but she didn't care. In her words,
doesn’t want to waste time on these things. She wants to use every minute and every second to practice dancing.
Later, her friend couldn't stand it anymore and helped her report it to the school leaders, who helped her solve the leakage problem in the dormitory.
Yang Liping's unsociability finally received its own reward.
In 1986, Yang Liping's solo dance "The Spirit of the Bird" won first prize in the national dance competition.
Yang Liping was only 28 years old this year.
Compared with her previous performances, "Spirit of the Bird" is obviously more mature and perfect in all aspects. Even the dance style has gradually begun to show its own characteristics, with freedom showing wildness and agility.
On the stage, Yang Liping is a "living peacock", and she vividly interprets the saying that everything has spirituality.
Labels such as "Peacock Princess", "Dancing Genius" and "Goddess Artist" all appeared on her body. Yang Liping created her own dance myth.
But everyone knows very well that if you want to create such a myth, the efforts of the parties involved must not be a small amount, but also long-term self-discipline and persistence, and there is no room for slack.
3. In order to stay in shape, she did not eat rice.
In order to successfully create "The Spirit of the Bird", she sold her favorite watch. She had no money to buy clothes, so she became an embroiderer and sewed costumes by herself. She spent many days in the basement. After practicing leg-pressing night after night, the audience finally saw and was shocked by "The Spirit of the Bird".
In 1988, Yang Liping appeared on the losing stage for the first time.
This time she brought her own original dance "Festival Night". Her dancing skills and posture made her famous overnight across the country.
Looking at the graceful "Peacock" on the stage, the audience was intoxicated by her obsession with dancing.
Some people even lamented that after watching Yang Liping's peacock dance, they felt that there are really beautiful people in the world who are so beautiful that they can't eat the fireworks of this world, as if Yang Liping does not belong to the world.
Yang Liping is indeed beautiful, but her beauty is all achieved by self-discipline and persistence, and what she endures is beyond what ordinary people can bear.
For dancers, figure is an extremely important appearance condition.
The reason why Yang Liping shines on the stage, in addition to her interpretation of dance, is that her figure is very well maintained. Her perfect bones and soft curves are simply amazing.
It is extremely difficult to get such perfect bones and body shape. Even many female stars today, although thin, are less beautiful.
Therefore, Yang Liping's maintenance of figure has been a topic of concern to netizens for a long time.
If you search on the Internet, you can find a lot of "secrets" about Yang Liping to maintain her figure. Some people say that Yang Liping never eats, and others say that Yang Liping had two ribs on her body. There are various theories.
But in fact, the only thing Yang Liping herself responded to was not eating, and this not eating does not mean that she really doesn’t eat anything, she just doesn’t eat staple foods with high carbohydrates.
When Yang Liping was interviewed by reporters, she once said frankly that since she started dancing, she has insisted on not eating rice or carbohydrates . If she really wants to eat, she will eat some whole grains, which not only avoids the intake of carbohydrates, but also eats whole grains. It also ensures some nutrients that the body normally needs, so as not to starve the body. This persistence lasted for more than twenty years.
From an artistic perspective, Yang Liping is absolutely selfless and worthy of admiration.
But from the perspective of life, what Yang Liping gave up for dancing can be said to be her entire life. This ascetic life without emotions, love, hate, anger, and obsession not only made netizens sigh, is it really fast?
No matter how you judge her, Teacher Yang Liping’s dedication to art will always be worthy of our admiration and recognition.
In her body, we can see that all she cares about is pure dancing, and things like fame and fortune are like passing clouds, and she never reaches out to grab anything.
When Yang Liping was 45 years old, she decided to give up everything before and return to the countryside of Yunnan to live in seclusion in nature.
She wanted to plan an unprecedented large-scale original ecological dance. In order to better express the power of nature in dance, Yang Liping went deep into the mountains of Yunnan to find folk artists, found children with dancing talents, and formed a dance team of her own .
finally successfully created " Yunnan Impression ", a dance with national characteristics.
During the creation period, in order to solve the financial problem, Yang Liping sold all her real estate, and even took on commercial performances and filmed advertisements that she most disdained, just to raise more funds for performances.
Finally, after years of hard work, the smooth performance of "Impression of Yunnan" made Yang Liping once again admired by the whole world.
And her ultimate success was inseparable from the generous help of her husband at the time, Liu Chunqing.
4. Dance is everything in life
Speaking of Yang Liping and Liu Chunqing, they met in 1990.
At that time, Liu Chunqing was a wealthy businessman in Taiwan and a Chinese-American. Her family had been well-off since she was a child, and she was a proper second-generation rich man. In addition, he is also a die-hard fan of Yang Liping.
When he first saw Yang Liping on stage, Liu Chunqing was deeply attracted by her dancing.
The two met at a friend's birthday party.
When he saw Yang Liping, Liu Chunqing called out Yang Liping's name almost without thinking, and all he got was Yang Liping's look back and a smile.
Perhaps it was this smile that made Liu Chunqing determined to pursue the goddess.
Yang Liping had a short marriage before, but because her husband at the time was dissatisfied with her enthusiasm for dance and neglected the family, Yang Liping eventually gave up her lover for her beloved dance without hesitation.
Liu Chunqing is a full eight years older than Yang Liping. He doesn't mind Yang Liping's past at all, and even expressed his willingness to support Yang Liping's dance career and respect her choice no matter what decision she makes.
Liu Chunqing not only has a good family background, but is also very knowledgeable. In addition, she has returned from studying abroad, so she seems to be in a good mood when playing Qi Lang.
When he was pursuing Yang Liping, he would quietly watch her dance outside Yang Liping's dance studio, even if she danced for a whole day; he would find various excuses to take Yang Liping shopping, eating, and relaxing in his free time;
He After Yang Liping's performance, she will present a bouquet of flowers backstage; she will also discuss and solve problems with Yang Liping when she encounters them during the creative process.
is such an excellent and warm person, who can resist him?
In the spring of 1995, the two held a romantic wedding.
After marriage, Liu Chunqing continued to support Yang Liping's career. She and Yang Liping, one was busy with business matters and the other was busy with dance creation, often one in the south, one in the north, one in the east and one in the west, spending less time together and more time apart.
But this did not affect the relationship between the two people at all.
On the contrary, these days of less gathering and more separation make two people cherish the time they can spend together more.
However, despite the close relationship between the couple, they cannot escape the topic of having children.
Just after the two had spent two or three years in a world of two, the birth of a child came as promised from their elders.
In fact, it is understandable. Liu Chunqing's family is well off, and he is the only son in the family. The family business earned by two generations will need to be inherited by one person in the future.
I thought that Yang Liping would resolutely refuse, but I didn't expect that Yang Liping, who always put dancing first, was actually willing to try to get pregnant for Liu Chunqing.
Yang Liping, who regards dancing as her life, can make this decision, which is enough to prove his love for Liu Chunqing.
But not everything in life will develop according to one's own wishes.
When Yang Liping went for a pre-pregnancy check-up before preparing to become pregnant, she was told by her doctor that she might have difficulty conceiving.
It turns out that in her early years, Yang Liping did not eat rice or take in carbohydrates for a long time in order to maintain her figure, which led to excessive dieting and fear of difficulty in conceiving.
According to doctors, if you want to have a normal pregnancy, the first thing you need to do is gain weight and replenish your body before considering pregnancy.
But now Yang Liping is in her forties and has already missed her best childbearing age. Even if she gains weight, it is still unknown whether she can become pregnant.
In the end, after several weighings and ideological struggles, Yang Liping still chose dancing.
She filed for divorce from Liu Chunqing.
Dance has been with Yang Liping for decades. She does not want to give up the dance career she has been working on for half her life for an unknown result.
Regarding Yang Liping’s decision, some expressed admiration while others expressed incomprehension.
But Yang Liping said that she does not need to have children to prove her worth. For her, her works and her career, as long as she has worked hard for them, can become her "children".
In her eyes, she never felt that she was alone. There were many people who could accompany her. Her purpose in life was not just to get married, have children, and carry on the family line.
In order to maintain her figure, Yang Liping never weighed more than 90 pounds. She often ate beef, apples, eggs, and flower petals.
In addition to her figure, Yang Liping has long nails all year round. The annual maintenance fee alone costs hundreds of thousands.
When eating, she cannot hold chopsticks, so she asks her assistant to put the food on the plate.
She grabbed it with her hands and ate it.
In addition to eating, it is difficult for her to bathe, dress, and go to the toilet alone.
On a show, Jin Xing asked curiously:
What should I do if she goes to the toilet and wipes pp?
She said:
There is nothing inconvenient. I use my hand joints to look at my mobile phone and take the elevator. I use the smart toilet to go to the toilet.
For her, dance has run through her entire life. Whether it is marriage or children, they are just a cloud to her. Dance is something that must grow and exist with her and must not be taken away from her body. Split it out.
Today, deep in the mountains of Yunnan, she is already over sixty years old. Even without marriage and children, she still lives a delicate and wonderful life.
