As a youth, Yao learned ballet under Huang Hsiu-feng, the most famous ballet master in Taiwan, and from 1962, pursued her studies in the Tagibana Dance School in Japan.
姚明麗芭蕾舞團挑重樑這次演出由姚明麗古典芭蕾舞團擔任，台北市立交響樂團現場伴奏，聶光炎負責舞台和燈光設計。修長窈窕的姚明麗是一個非常敬業的芭蕾老師，她熱愛色蕾的美與含蓄，從小隨舞蹈家黃秀峰學習芭蕾民國五十一年，她到日本「橘芭蕾舞蹈學校」深造。