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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Peasant Prince
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'You have secret dreams, follow them! Make them come true.’ A mother’s whispered words set in motion a poignant true story. A story of the inspiring journey of a poor peasant boy plucked from the harsh world of rural China during the cultural revolution and thrust into the world of international dance stardom. From Madam Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy at age 11, through to his dramatic defection to America and lastly as a principal in the Australian Ballet in 1995. Li Cunxin’s inspirational courage is theatrically captured using music, spoken word and vivid imagery.

Notes

  • Li Cunxin's 'inspirational courage is theatrically captured using music, spoken word and vivid imagery'.

    Source: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra website, http://www.aso.com.au/
    Sighted: 12/05/2009

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting.

Production Details

  • First performed at the Grainger Studio, 91 Hindley Street, Adelaide, 7-9 May 2009.

    Conductor: Ben Northey, Composer: Katy Abbott, Author:Li Cunxin, Illustrator: Anne Spudvilas, Narrator: Cameron Goodall.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2009
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2018 .
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      • Published 8 February 2018
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Mao's Last Dancer Cunxin Li , Ringwood : Viking , 2003 Z1062537 2003 single work autobiography
y separately published work icon The Peasant Prince Cunxin Li , Anne Spudvilas (illustrator), Camberwell : Viking , 2007 Z1435037 2007 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units) '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, but his mother urges him to follow his dreams. For soon he will become a dancer, one of the finest dancers in the world...' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work

It's Music to the Ears of Mao's Last Dancer Pia Akerman , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 May 2009; (p. 10)
It's Music to the Ears of Mao's Last Dancer Pia Akerman , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 May 2009; (p. 10)
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