Mao's last dancer

Li, Cunxin

About this book

A poor child living in poverty is chosen out of millions of children to attend Madame Mao's dancing ballet. His life drastically shifted from living in poverty to studying dance.

Subjects

  • autobiography and memoir
  • ballet dancers
  • biography
  • child and youth non-fiction
  • china, biography
  • dance
  • dancers, biography
  • danse classique
  • defectors
  • juvenile literature
  • ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • récits personnels
  • réfugiés chinois