BRISBANE, Australia - It's all about the journey for Li Cunxin. The life of the man known as Mao's Last Dancer has taken a trajectory only possible in the past few decades, spanning peasant beginnings ...

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Li Cunxin, who found international fame for his remarkable rise from rural China to become one of the world’s leading ballet dancers, has announced his retirement as the ...

HOUSTON — The legendary ballet dancer Li Cunxin was back in Houston recently, reuniting with friends and hosting a screening of the movie based on his remarkable life. KHOU 11 News caught up with “Mao ...

HOUSTON, May 3, 2024 — Asia Society Texas was thrilled to welcome former Houston Ballet principal dancer Li Cunxin back to Houston for a screening of the film Mao's Last Dancer, followed by a panel ...

The film Mao's Last Dancer tells the remarkable true story of dancer and artist Li Cunxin who, after being invited to join the Houston Ballet by Artistic Director Ben Stevenson during a visit to China ...

At the age of eleven the course of Li Cunxins life would change forever when he was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy Eventually he became one of ...

Mao’s Last Dancer is a stirring story of a young Chinese boy, Li Cunxin, who is plucked from poverty to attend ballet school in Beijing, and suddenly expected to perform an art he didn’t understand or ...

On his first trip to the United States, Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin got to meet Barbara Bush; he braced himself for an onslaught of political propaganda, but in fact she "talked about China very ...

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