For college, over objections from her father, Liu tested into the Department of Music and Physical Education at the Changchun Women's University. At that time the dance taught by the Japanese tended toward the continental European style, and especially the dance system of Rudolph von Laban, the father of modern dance.
大學時她不顧父親反對，考上長春女子大學音樂體育系，當時日本人所教的舞傾向歐陸風格，尤其是現代舞之父拉邦的舞蹈系統。