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 grantedLi Cunxin was just 11 when Chinese officials came to his home in rural Shandong and told him he'd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM on July 30, 2015