![]() ![]() Li's attitude to western people when he first meets them is fascinating. Li's removal from his family to ballet school (very late by western standards) is touching and the discipline of the school makes it like a prison. I have never read anything which portrays this so well. I had not realised to what extent Mao was a god to the people and the well-being of the state paramount. ![]() The book starts with a short introduction (very short) about China's later history and goes on not only to describe the author's early life of hardship but adds a wealth of information about superstition and general background. ![]() This compelling memoir includes photos documenting Li's extraordinary life.I discovered this book by accident among the special offers with which Audible tempts us! If you're likely to be put off by the fact that it's about ballet, please don't be. This inspiring story of passion, resilience, and a family's love captures the harsh reality of life in Mao's communist China and the exciting world of professional dance. Ultimately, he defected to the west in a dramatic media storm, and went on to dance with the Houston Ballet for sixteen years. was nothing like his communist indoctrination had led him to believe. From one hardship to another, Cunxin demonstrated perseverance and an appetite for success that led him to be chosen as one of the first two people to leave Mao's China and go to American to dance on a special cultural exchange. Having known bitter poverty in his rural China home, ballet would be his family's best chance for a better future. ![]() At the age of eleven, Li Cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy. The young reader edition of the international bestseller now a major motion picture. ![]()
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