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Yang Liping, a renowned dancer famous for her peacock dance, was nominated for the You Bring Charm to the World Award in March 2011. The award was established to recognize Chinese people's accomplishments around the world. This year's award ceremony will be held on April 2 in Peking University. The event has been hosted for four years,

Yang, 53, was born in southwest China's Yunnan Province in the Bai ethnic group. In 1986, Yang debuted her solo dance Peacock, which created a sensation throughout China because of her vivid imitation of the colorful bird and expressive body language. In 1992, Yang became the first dancer from Chinese mainland to perform in Taiwan.

Yang, an advocate of "original dance," created many dances of simple and unadorned fashion, including Dynamic Yunnan (2003), Mystery of Tibet (2007), and Sounds of Yunnan (2009). During past decades, Yang has brought her dance works to more than 50 countries.

This January, Yang, together with four other women, was chosen for China's national image promotion video broadcast in New York City's Time Square as the first group of persons to promote the country and its beauty.