Mao’s Last Dancer, is an inspiriting and lovely story that help us understand the difference in between American people and Chinese people, back in the 60’ until the 80’. This particular story is about Li Cunxin’s life, he reveals how hard was his life before he arrived to Houston, Texas U.S.A. back on 1980, and how that particular poor lifestyle gave him the strength to become the successful person that he is today. Li Cunxin was born on 1961, into Mao’s communist China, he was the sixth boy from seven in the Cunxin family, they were very poor peasants and work very hard for their family, they shared everything, there were very honest, polite and respectful people. The family lived in a small village in Shandong Province, China. At age of eleven years old his life took the first step to a new cycle full of challenges and huge responsibilities, along with the big opportunity to be part of Madame Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy. As a very disciplined boy he started to learn about the biggest break of his life, away from his family, the greatest support Li’s ever had. Extremely far from China where the life of a Chinese family took place in “Children as Enemies” story, a very different style of life from Li Cunxin family, in which the kids did not respect their family believes, religion or wishes. In “Children as Enemies” story, the grand parents are not part of the family decisions, the kids does not respect the Chinese culture or any of their traditions, but in Li Cunxin family decisions were supported by each member of the family, specially from Li’s mother, she was a very hard worker woman, whose always wishes the best for all and each of her children. The Cunxin family applies very good some of the element of Feng Shue, this so poor family share everything in a complete harmony, their knowledge about Feng Shue transferred from his ancestors help them always to find balance in every situation even the day the did not have food to eat. Li was a very honest, kind and passionate child due to the incredible values and principles that both parent had inducted on him during the first ten years of his life. He was a child with no opportunities for his future, so he decided to find the way to create at least one option to make the change for his entire family, he decides to join to the academy in Beijing without knowing what this would bring for him or his family, he just pray for hope never disappear. When Li turn eighteen years old, he achieved his best performances in ballet and Chairman Mao Zedona passed away at that very same year. After Comrade Hua Guo Feng has been chosen as successor to Chairman Mao, Li is selected for an academy in Houston, Texas U.S.A. as an exchange student for the summer. Here is when his second cycle of hard work, perseverance and bravery begins. Once he arrives to U.S.A, he discover the huge different in between China and USA, he meets the freedom that never was allowed to experience, and along with the honesty, creativity, discipline and all his hard work, he find himself as one of the biggest artist in ballet.
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