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Beyond the Bamboo Forest: the True Adventures of a Young Chinese Dancer Who Stepped into Her Dreams and Discovered the World.
Yung Lerner
Beyond the Bamboo Forest: the True Adventures of a Young Chinese Dancer Who Stepped into Her Dreams and Discovered the World.
Yung Lerner
In 1970 Yung Yung arrives in New York City where it is rare to see a young Asian woman outside of Chinatown. Modern Dance icon Martha Graham has recruited Yung Yung while on a visit to Taipei where the brilliant young dancer's journey begins. Yung Yung, who could not imagine life beyond the bamboo forest, is suddenly free of the political dictator Chiang Kai-shek and the backstage parents she'd supported since early childhood. "In this memoir, we experience the fall and resurrection of a professional dancer/choreographer who, with the help of Martha Graham and an unconventional psychotherapist Shepard Hoodwin, escapes outer and inner tyranny" Mark Sackeroff (Temple University).
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 19, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781496900968 |
Publishers | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 318 |
Dimensions | 125 × 18 × 200 mm · 344 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Marlyn Meeske Sorel |
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