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Mao's Last Dancer: Li Cunxin
Mao's Last Dancer: Li Cunxin
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Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing. Li watched as one of his classmates was led away - and then the schoolteacher, at the last moment, taps the official on the shoulder and points to Li: 'What about that one?' This is the true story of how one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life. One day he would dance with some of the world's greatest ballet companies; he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movies stars and the most influential people in America; he would be Mao's last dancer and the darling of the west. An inspirational story.
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Autobiography/Bio/Non-Fiction, OS paperback; very light shelfwear; no spine creases; tightly bound and clean withinShare
