Li Cunxin was born in an impoverished Chinese village in 1961 ... Li, whose inspiring story was immortalized in a best-selling autobiography (Mao’s Last Dancer) and a critically acclaimed film, ...

The legendary ballet dancer Li Cunxin was back in Houston recently ... KHOU 11 News caught up with “Mao's Last Dancer” at the Asia Society Texas Center to talk about his life.

Before he became the legendary Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin was a peasant boy in communist China with nothing to his name but a burning desire to work harder than everyone else. The retiring ...

The true story of Li Cunxin and his journey from rural China to the bright lights of ballet stardom. 11-year-old Li Cunxin is living with his parents and six siblings while attending a tumbledown ...

Cunxin was once a famous name in the Chinese ballet world, whose autobiography Mao's Last Dancer was made into a feature film. Li Cunxin, known as Mao's last dancer Source: AAP Cunxin hailed ...

Li Cunxin (“Mao’s Last Dancer”) is seen during a media call at the the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, Australia, Source: AAP Image/Luis Ascui Dilini Eriyawala, a lecturer at Deakin ...