{"id":97,"date":"2025-08-17T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:19:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Welcome to Echo Dance!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" style=\"width:231px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c.jpg 512w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/cropped-cf183bd7c5bc11a92f139522d24ad9c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Echo Dance is a storytelling space that explores how dance reflects, challenges, and reshapes our understanding of society. It is not simply about performance on stage, but about the stories of people whose lives are transformed through movement. This site brings together narratives of resilience, identity, and cultural change, showing how dance becomes both a form of art and a form of dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stories featured on Echo Dance capture the diversity of dance experiences, telling us that dance is more than just movement, it&#8217;s the passion, strength and freedom of everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Echo Dance aims to inspire readers to see dance not only as entertainment, but as a powerful lens through which we can understand cultural shifts, social inclusion, and personal empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>About Me<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24241\/2025\/08\/aad70544a25392a8cd56eb609e930ad-544x544.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am Xinyue, a postgraduate student in International Multimedia Journalism at Newcastle University. 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