Dancing to freedom the true story of Mao's last dancer
Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
2008.
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| Summary: | Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published: Australia : Penguin Group, 2007. |
| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: | 9780802797773 0802797776 9780802797780 (reinforced) : 0802797784 (reinforced) : |
| Author Notes: | In the 1970s, he joined Ben Stevenson's Houston Ballet company as an exchange student. He also began a relationship with an aspiring American dancer, Elizabeth Mackey. They quickly got married so that Li could remain in the United States and avoid deportation. In the end, his Chinese citizenship was revoked. In 1995 he moved to Melbourne to join the Australian Ballet. In 1987 he married again to Australian dancer Mary McKendry. They have three children together. In 2003 Li published his autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer. The book has become a feature film with the same title. It will be released in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) |
