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It recounts his journey from a young, impoverished. My personal contribution to communism had never been important. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of mao s last dancer by li cunxin. Bruce beresfords latest movie is based on a true story about a chineseborn ballet dancer who ends up as a principal dancer for the houston. Li cunxins memoir tells his incredible story of rising from extreme poverty. China speakers agency proudly presents li cunxin, chinese motivational speaker. Maos last dancer is the autobiography of li cunxin. In a village of china named quingdao in the book, the eleven yearold li cunxin is selected by the communist party to study ballet at the madame maos dance. Anonymous in a village of china named quingdao in the book, the eleven yearold li cunxin is selected by the communist party to study ballet at the madame mao s dance academy in.
Throughout the novel li finds himself in conflict between his sense of innate freedom and the restrictions placed upon him by his communist society. Find sample tests, essay help, and translations of shakespeare. Maos last dancer is a memoir written by chineseaustralian author li cunxin and first published in 2003. Maos last dancer is a 2009 australian film based on professional dancer li cunxins autobiography of the same name. Now i knew, with absolute certainty, that i had been manipulated by chairman mao s communist propaganda for many years. It recounts his journey from a young, impoverished village boy destined to labor in the fields of china to a worldfamous professional dancer. It is about a young boy who lives in a family with 6 brothers, in poverty in china, and cunxin, his name, is chosen, when he is 11, to be part of the beijing dance academy.