Subject: Li Cunxin

• Hard Times at the Ballet

  March 31, 1994

• Three to the Beat

  September 29, 1994

• Songs and Dance

  June 1, 1995

• Press Picks

  June 8, 1995

• A Moving Tale

  June 15, 1995

• Bound for Greatness

  Li Cunxin launches the American debut of Mao's Last Dancer

  April 1, 2004

• Forever On His Toes

  Ben Stevenson has built Houston Ballet into one of the biggest companies in the country. So why does his job often seem in jeopardy?

  August 2, 2001

• Press Picks

  March 3, 1994

• Hold me Closer, Chinese Dancer: The Story Of Li Cunxin -- And Houston's Part In It -- Comes To The Movies

  In 1981, Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin made national news when he defected to the U.S. to join the Houston Ballet. The Chinese and U.S. governments faced off over the issue, and Vice President George Bush ended up intervening -- and prevailing. Cunxin went on to dance with the Houston Ballet for the next 16 years. He also wrote a bestselling autobiography about his trajectory from impoverished child in China to world-renowned ballet dancer, called Mao's Last Dancer. The dramatic story -- with

  April 30, 2009