Hope in the moves

A Chinese woman, whose life changed after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, now teaches Martha Graham's dance techniques, Chen Nan reports.

Xin Ying has been busy lately. As the principal dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company, she gave seven performances at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the longest-running international dance festival in the United States, from Aug 14 to 17, and then as a choreographer, she worked with dancers of the American Ballet Theatre in New York on a new piece. She flew back to China for two weeks earlier this month, traveling between Sichuan province and Beijing.

Xin is 18 weeks pregnant.