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- Mao's last dancer / by Li, Cunxin,1961-(CARDINAL)647743;
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- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Ballet dancers; Defectors;
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- Mao's last dancer / by Li, Cunxin,1961-(CARDINAL)647743;
Part one: My childhood -- 1. Home -- 2. My Niang and Dia -- 3. A commune childhood -- 4. The seven of us -- 5. Na-na -- 6. Chairman Mao's classroom -- 7. Leaving home -- Part two: Beijing -- 8. Feather in a whirlwind -- 9. The caged bird -- 10. That first lonely year -- 11. The pen -- 12. My own voice -- 13. Teacher Xio's words -- 14. Turning points -- 15. The mango -- 16. Change -- 17. On the way to the West -- 18. The filthy capitalist America -- 19. Good-bye, China -- Part 3: The West -- 20. Return to the land of freedom -- 21. Elizabeth -- 22. Defection -- 23. My new life -- 24. A millet dream come true -- 25. No more nightmares -- 26. Russia -- 27. Mary -- 28. Going home -- 29. Back in my village -- 30. Another wedding: Qingdao, 1988.- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Ballet dancers; Defectors;
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- Mao's last dancer / by Li, Cunxin,1961-(CARDINAL)647743;
My childhood -- Beijing -- The West.Chosen from millions of children to serve in Mao's cultural revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would be his family's best opportunity to escape the bitter poverty in his rural China home. From one hardship to another, Li persevered, never forgetting the family he left behind.810LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Ballet dancers; Defectors; Ballet dancers; Defectors; Ballet dancers; Defectors;
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- Mao's last dancer [sound recording] by Li, Cunxin,1961-; English, Paul.;
Read by Paul English.This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie stars and the most influential people in America. One day he would become a star: Mao's last dancer, and the darling of the West. Here is Li Cunxin's own story, a beautiful, rich account of an inspirational life, told with honesty, dignity and pride.- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Dancers; Defectors;
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- Mao's last dancer [sound recording] / by Li, Cunxin,1961-; English, Paul(Narrator)nrt;
Read by Paul English.- Subjects: Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Ballet dancers; Defectors;
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- Dancing to freedom : the true story of Mao's last dancer / by Li, Cunxin,1961-(CARDINAL)647743; Spudvilas, Anne,1951-illustrator.(CARDINAL)642425;
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.AD680LAccelerated Reader ARLexileA Junior Library Guild selection- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Ballet dancers; Ballet dancers; Defectors; Defectors;
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Mao's Last Dancer [videorecording] /
Bruce Greenwood, Chi Cao, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan"Drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet."- Subjects: Feature films; Li, Cunxin 1961-; Ballet dancers; Defectors;
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- Mao's last dancer [videorecording] / by Greenwood, Bruce,1956-actor.; Cao, Chi,actor.; Chen, Joan,1961-actor.; MacLachlan, Kyle,1960-actor.; Schull, Amanda,1978-actor.; Bao, Wang Shuang,actor.; Guo, Chengwu,actor.; Young, Aden,actor.(CARDINAL)844682; Eastoe, Madeleine,actor.; Vergotis, Camilla,actor.; Hackforth-Jones, Penne,actor.; Thompson, Jack,1940-actor.(CARDINAL)847799; Sardi, Jan,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)844265; Scott, Jane,1945-producer.; Beresford, Bruce,director.; Li, Cunxin,1961-Mao's last dancer.; Great Scott (Firm); Great Scott Productions.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340075;
Director of photography, Peter James; editor, Mark Warner ; music, Christopher Gordon.Bruce Greenwood, Chi Cao, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan, Amanda Schull, Wang Shuang Bao, Chengwu Guo, Aden Young, Madeleine Eastoe, Camilla Vergotis, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Jack Thompson.Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything to remain in the land of the free.MPAA rating: PG; for a brief violent image, some sensuality, language and incidental smoking.DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.- Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Ballet films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Biographical films.; Li, Cunxin, 1961-; Ballet dancers; Defectors; Bailarines de ballet;
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