Beyond the bamboo forest. The True Adventures of a Young Chinese Dancer Who Stepped into Her Dreams and Discovered the World
(2014)
By:
Lerner, Yung
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : AuthorHouse, 2014
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781496900944 (electronic bk.) MWT12097929, 1496900944 (electronic bk.) 12097929
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 dancers 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 shed 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)
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