Yang Liping, choreographer-dancer

In the coming weeks, the production will be staged in Hangzhou, Chengdu, Tianjin, Beijing and other cities.

Wang notes that the company usually bases its production in one specific city after touring.

For instance, Dynamic Yunnan, Yang's choreographic work inspired by folk dances and songs of Yunnan province, premiered in 2003 and has been staged more than 3,000 times worldwide. It is now performed as a tourist attraction in Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan.

Yang is planning a new work, titled Wu Duo Jin Hua, or Five Flowers, which is based on the Bai ethnic group's folk music. The show is scheduled to debut in 2018 at a new theater in Dali.

"The Bai ethnic group is good at singing and dancing. I always wanted to make a show for my hometown. Finally it is happening," she says.

Yang and her team will launch a dance training school in Kunming for children aged 3 to 8, later this year.

"It is vital for young dancers to find out who they are and have their own understanding of dance," she says.