The fifth Beijing International Dance Festival kicked off Nov.14th, 2007 at Poly Theatre in Beijing. The festival opened with an inaugural performance of "Tibetan Riddle".

It's the most recent work of the Yang Liping as the follow-up to her successful music and dance production Dynamic Yunnan. The latter show enjoyed a long run at the Kunming Theatre and sold out other venues across China.

Project Manager Zhao Liang explains: "Tibetan Riddle"."This production presents a panoramic view of the Tibetan culture. It's also the result of years of hard work of Yang Liping and her costar Rongzhongerjia."

Yang, a member of Bai ethnicity, first rose to prominence in China in 1986 after winning a national dance contest with her interpretation of the Dai peacock dance.

A Tibetan audience was awe-struck by the performance."When I saw our daily life being presented by the dance in such a vivid and concise way, I was almost in tears."

Over the next couple of weeks, delegates from the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and will also take part in the dance season.

From: China Daily