Nellie Yu Roung Ling
Multiracial dancer of Chinese-American descent (1882-1973) · China · Died at 91
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Something wrong?Nellie Yu Roung Ling, also spelt Nelly, was a Hanjun Plain White bannerwoman and dancer, who is considered "the first modern dancer of China". She was the younger daughter of Yu Keng and Louisa Pierson, the other one being Lizzie Yu Der Ling.
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Roung Ling in butterfly dress during her performance of Rose and Butterfly in Paris, 1902.![Roung Ling in 1902. "The stamp of western culture which she received in those early years causes her today, in Parisian costume which she frequently wears, to be mistaken for a French woman." - San Pedro Daily News[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Nellie_Yu_Roungling.jpg/500px-Nellie_Yu_Roungling.jpg)
Roung Ling in 1902. "The stamp of western culture which she received in those early years causes her today, in Parisian costume which she frequently wears, to be mistaken for a French woman." - San Pedro Daily News[9]
The Yu siblings at the fancy dress ball their parents gave to celebrate Chinese New Year in 1901; from left: Commandant Armani as Francis I of France, Lizzie Yu Der Ling as a doll in the fairy tale, Charles Hsingling as Napoleon, Nellie Yu Roung Ling as Prince Charming, and John Yu Shuin Ling as Pluto.
Roung Ling in the 1920s
"Madame Dan Pao-tchao, as the little convent girl of Manchu days is known today, is frankly stage-struck." - The Daily Tribune, 23 March 1926Family
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Nellie Yu Roung Ling, also spelt Nelly, was a Hanjun Plain White bannerwoman and dancer, who is considered "the first modern dancer of China". She was the younger daughter of Yu Keng and Louisa Pierson, the other one being Lizzie Yu Der Ling. Although not a member of the Qing imperial family, Roung Ling was given the title of "commandery princess" while serving as a lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi.:268 She was also known as Yu Roon(g) Ling, especially in the works of her sister Der Ling.:267 She was referred to as Madame Dan Pao Tchao after her marriage to the General Dan Pao Tchao, and Princess Shou Shan, a title appeared on the cover of her 1934 historical novella about the Fragrant Concubine, a name Sir Reginald Johnston claimed she never used.:xii
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