
Beyond the Bamboo Forest
The True Adventures of a Young Chinese Dancer Who Stepped Into Her Dreams and Discovered the World.
Yung Lerner(Author)
Sorel(Co-Author)
AUTHORHOUSE (Publisher)
Published on 19. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-1-4969-0096-8 (ISBN)
Description
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).
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4969-0096-8 (9781496900968)
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