The 2012 Dance Festival of the National Center for the Performing Arts was open on Oct.24,the 32-day festival will showcase 13 dance performances from home and abroad, with Peacock as its opening show.
2012年国际大剧院舞蹈节于10月24日开幕,为期32天,将展示来自国内外的13支舞蹈,其中杨丽萍的《孔雀》舞是开幕舞。

Dancer and choreographer Yang Liping is bringing her latest production Peacock to the 2012 Dance Festival of the National Center for the Performing Arts. "I'm never a professional dancer, but am a dancer for life. The peacock dance is a kind of totem, and human belief. It's about one's life experience," says Yang, 54, from the Bai ethnic group in Yunnan province