Liping Yang is a Chinese dancer and choreographer of Bai ethnicity. She rose to fame for choreographing and performing "The spirit of Peacock" in 1986. She was the first dancer from Mainland China that went to Taiwan to perform in 1992. She is known across China for her creativity and her performance of the Dai peacock dance. Yang has been dubbed as the "Peacock Princess of China".She has performed over 1000 shows and toured to over 30 countries and regions, including Philippine, Singapore, Russia, US, Canada, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.

杨丽萍，1958年生于云南，洱源白族人，自幼酷爱舞蹈。1971年进入西双版纳州歌舞团，九年后调入中央民族歌舞团，并以“孔雀舞”闻名。1992年，她成为中国大陆第一位赴台湾表演的舞蹈家。1994年，独舞《雀之灵》荣获中华民族20世纪舞蹈经典作品金奖。2003年，杨丽萍任原生态歌舞《云南映象》总编导及主演。2009年，编导并主演《云南映像》姊妹篇《云南的响声》，再获成功。在2012年央视春晚以舞蹈《雀之恋》，再展舞蹈诗人的风姿。