From the bestselling autobiography by Li Cunxin
A film directed by Bruce Beresford
In cinemas October 1
Before you fly, you have to be free.
This is my story. Here is my recollection of those years growing up in Mao's China. It is my family's history. It is my journey, from my earliest memories, through discovering dance, to my life in the West. History may record things differently, others may too, but the stories here remain as true to me now as they ever were. It is a remembrance that contains the treasures from my heart.
So wrote Li Cunxin in the first edition of his now phenomenally bestselling memoir. Just as his journey from bitter poverty to international stardom is a dream come true, so too has the telling of his life story taken him to places he never could have imagined. Since its release in 2003, Mao's Last Dancer has sold over 400 000 copies and regularly featured on bestseller lists. Now, some six years after its original publication, Li's inspiring story of courage and determination has been made into a major feature film. For this edition, Li gives us three powerful new chapters as he shares his experiences in making the movie, his feelings for an utterly changed China and the ongoing stories of his beloved families in Melbourne and Qingdao.
'An honest and refreshing account of a peasant boy's journey from Mao's China to stardom in the West . . . an inspiring true story of courage and determination.' Adeline Yen Mah, author of Falling Leaves
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Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer
$39.95 – Digital video disc / Village Roadshow Ent
The inspirational true story of a small boy’s extraordinary journey from poverty as a classical dancer in communist China, to international stardom as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and a principal artist with... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer (Blu-ray)
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Village Roadshow Ent
The inspirational true story of a small boy’s extraordinary journey from poverty as a classical dancer in communist China, to international stardom as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and a principal artist with... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
From the bestselling autobiography by Li Cunxin
A film directed by Bruce Beresford
In cinemas October 1
Before you fly, you have to be free.
This is my story. Here is my recollection of those years growing up in Mao's Ch... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer
$32.95 – Paperback book / Viking
In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, interested more in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer (Young Readers Edition)
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.
But Li was only eleven years old and he was scared... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer
$24.95 – Compact disc /
Track Listing 1. Out of the Well 2. Village Life 3. Lullaby 4. Story of the Frog 5. Family 6. The Archer 7. Pas de Deux 8. Don Pasquale: Com' è Gentil 9. Giselle: Hunt and Peasant’s Dance (Burgmüller, Arr. Gordon) 10. Si... Buy or find out more →
Li Cunxin
Mao's Last Dancer
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
From the bestselling autobiography by Li Cunxin
A film directed by Bruce Beresford
In cinemas October 1
Before you fly, you have to be free.
This is my story. Here is my recollection of those years growing up in Mao's Ch... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer
$32.95 – Paperback book / Viking
In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, interested more in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer (Young Readers Edition)
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.
But Li was only eleven years old and he was scared... Buy or find out more →
The Peasant Prince
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . '
In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid,... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer (Audio CD)
$34.95 – Compact disc / Bolinda
This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet ... Buy or find out more →
Mao's Last Dancer (Young Readers Edition: Audio CD)
$19.95 – Compact disc / Bolinda
From unbelievable poverty to international stardom - the inspiring true story of one boy's dream come true.
Li Cunxin's bestselling biography in a young reader's edition, now available on MP3 CD.
One day, not so very man... Buy or find out more →