“'I would have jumped off a roof for Mao': how Li Cunxin danced to freedom”

“Forced into ballet as a child in Mao’s China, Li Cunxin defected to the US and had to work as a stockbroker to support his family back home. But he never quit dancing. As he brings the Queensland Ballet to Britain, he talks about his traumas and triumphs – and shock at seeing people take their privileged lives for granted (...)”     (Lido em: The Guardian, 2015-07-30)