Beijing Dance Academy

The production's choreographer and director is Zhao Ming, a graduate of the Beijing Dance Academy.

Swan Lake – review 2011

Ms. Jiang, 39, studied at the Beijing Dance Academy and, following a stint in television, started working for the Chinese property developer Renhe Group.

A Home Fit for a Princeling Dinny McMahon 2011

Li Cunxin is chosen, taken from his family and sent to undergo grueling training at the Beijing Dance Academy formed by "Madame Mao," the wife of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, during the Cultural Revolution.

International Cast Brings 'Mao's Last Dancer' to the Big Screen 2010

Chi Cao, the actor who plays the grown-up Li, is a principal dancer with Britain's Birmingham Royal Ballet and the son of two Beijing Dance Academy dorm monitors who oversaw Mr. Cunxin.

A Chinese Dancer's Odyssey Into the Movies 2010

In 1972, though he had no previous dance training, Mr. Cunxin entered the Beijing Dance Academy.

A Chinese Dancer's Odyssey Into the Movies 2010

In 1971, the young Li is selected from his poor rural village to audition for the Beijing Dance Academy, based on his flexibility and agility.

Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mao's Last Dancer 2010

In addition to the workers needed for the costumes and sets, the production will also employ 600 Chinese performers -- including some from the Beijing Dance Academy and the Children's Chorus of Beijing.

Forbidden Arias 2008

By the time we reached the Beijing Dance Academy it was around ten o'clock.

Mao's last dancer Li, Cunxin, 1961- 2003

For the reopening of Madame Mao's new Beijing Dance Academy, fifteen students had been selected from Shandong Province.

Mao's last dancer Li, Cunxin, 1961- 2003

Maybe it was because the Beijing Dance Academy was one of Madame Mao's strongholds and her influence was so deep for so long, but it took a while before we started to embrace Deng's new policies wholeheartedly.

Mao's last dancer Li, Cunxin, 1961- 2003