It was at the London premier of Bravo China! that I first saw her. She was performing Soul of the Peacock and it seemed to me not an artist but a bird - a graceful peacock with a small elegant head and proud gait - that danced before me. Four years later I met Yang Liping, arguably the most famous folk dancer in China, in person. She is of the Bai ethnic minority that lives in southern Yunnan Province. It was at the London premier of Bravo China! That I first saw her. She was performing Soul of the Peacock and it seemed to me not an artist but a bird - a graceful peacock with a small elegant head and proud gait - that danced before me. Four years later I met Yang Liping, arguably the most famous folk dancer in China, in person. She is of the Bai ethnic minority that lives in the southern Yunnan Province.