Chinese Roots

I was a happy little girl

 

My dearest father and mother, I thank them for giving me life, love and encouragement

 

I was lucky to be selected to study dance at the Wuhan Dance Academy

 

After six years I graduated and became a professional dancer at the Wuhan Song and Dance Theater, a well reputed company with over 500 artists

 

I became a principal dancer

 

I danced many dances

 

Danced classical dance

 

Danced folk dance

 

Danced ethnic people dance

 

Danced Ballet - the Dying Swan

 

Danced modern dance

 

With partner Deng Chen-Jun at a premiere in Wuhan 1988

 

Wuhan Song and Dance Theater artists with former vice Chairman Li Xian-Nian and other leaders after performing in Beijing


In 1992 I moved to Beijing to work under the art direction of nationally famous master Zhang-Ke, to create my solo dance collection


In front of a big mirror on the wall of my small basement room
in Beijing where I choreographed my solo dance collection


With Bai Shu-Xiaong the Chairman of China National Dancers Association, master Zhang-Ke, and other experts Xia Ya-Yi, Zhao Gue-Zheng and Li Yao-Xian after my dance rehearsal in Beijing


My solo dance collection premiere at the National Palace Theater,

I was the lead dancer in the ballet Lijiang River Sentiment


I was the lead dancer in the ballet Yiao Shan Flame

I performed at the China 20th Century Extraordinary dances Exhibition in Beijing 1/1995

With other famous dancers I performed at the China National Dance Convention 1997

 

With the crew after my dance recording, Beijing 1997


With dance partner a well-known dancer Yu Xiao-Xue on tour in Kunmin

Lecturing on the Imagination of Dance at Beijing Dance Academy


With lovely young students of my young sister's Dance School in Hai Ko, Hainan province, where I had residency 1999

 

Before I leave China I am invited to have a dinner at master Zhang Ke's Home