01390cam a2200325 4500 157497650 TxAuBib 20130111120000.0 030618s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003047199 9780399150968 039915096X (OCoLC)52520661 DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Li, Cunxin, 1961- Mao's last dancer / Li Cunxin. New York : Putnam, 2003. xvii, 451 p. : ill., geneal. table ; 24 cm. Library Journal Starred. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Review. Li Cunxin, a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and Australian Ballet, explains how his childhood of poverty in rural China changed when he was selected by Madame Mao to attend the dance academy in Beijing, tells how his devotion to Communist philosophy was shaken during his first visit to the U.S. as part of an exchange program with the Houston Ballet, and discusses his eventual defection to the West. Adult Follett Library Resources. 20101213. Li, Cunxin 1961- Ballet dancers China Biography. Ballet dancers Biography. Defectors China Biography. TXEUL