Besides combining paintings and music, the performance also offers audiences with different dance styles, including ballet, contemporary dance and classical dance.

"Hopefully, the audiences may participate in their own ways and become a part of the show," says Tan.

Born in Shanghai, Tan started her relationship with ballet at the age of 5 when she was impressed by the beauty of a performance of Swan Lake on TV. She began ballet training at Shanghai Dance School and graduated four years later. In 1992, Tan won a scholarship and went to Stuttgart, Germany, to further her ballet training. During her time in Germany, Helgi Tomasson, the artistic director and principal choreographer of the San Francisco Ballet, got in touch with her. He told her she would become the company's youngest solo dancer, and in 1995 Tan joined the company as a soloist. In 1997 she was promoted to be principal dancer of the company.

She has built up a large fan base in her home country with her performances at the CCTV Spring Festival galas in 1994, 2006 and 2021, one of the most-watched TV shows in the country, and Hunan TV's popular reality show Dance Smash last year.