Product Details
ISBN: 9780802797780
Category: Indigenous Peoples
Format: Hardback
Publication Date: 2008-07-22
Publisher: Walker & Company
Illustrations: illustrations
Country of origin: United States
Pages: 36
Dimensions (mm): 290x239x13mm
Weight: 454g
Dancing To Freedom: The True Story Of Mao's Last Dancer
In a poor village in northern China, a small boy named Li Cunxin was given the chance of a lifetime. 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. From there his career took flight, and he danced in cities around the world--never forgetting his family, who urged him to follow his dreams.