TY - BOOK AU - Li,Cunxin TI - Mao's last dancer SN - 0802797792 AV - GV1785.L475 A3 2008b U1 - 792.8028092 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Walker & Co KW - Li, Cunxin, KW - Ballet dancers KW - China KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Defectors N1 - First published in Australia in 2003 by Penguin Books Australia; My childhood -- Beijing -- The West N2 - Chosen from millions of children to serve in Mao's cultural revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would be his family's best opportunity to escape the bitter poverty in his rural China home. From one hardship to another, Li persevered, never forgetting the family he left behind UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2008006104-b.html ER -