Li Cunxin
Li Cunxin was born into utter poverty in Mao’s communist China, at the age of 11 he was selected from millions across China to train in Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy. So began his incredible journey. The seven years of harsh training regime at the Beijing Dance Academy taught him discipline, resilience, determination and perseverance. Li’s astounding drive and relentless hard work made him one of the best dancers China has ever produced.
At the age of 18, Li was awarded one of the first cultural scholarships to America, subsequently being offered a soloist contract with the Houston Ballet. Two years later, Li defected to the West in a dramatic media storm, his escape involving the then US Vice President. Taking his new found freedom to new heights; he then went on to become one of the most celebrated dancers in the world.For the final two years of his dancing, Li studied finance with a view of becoming a stockbroker. This meant rising at five in the morning to start his daily ballet practise, then racing to the stock exchange by eight. This meant that by the time he joined the rest of the company's dancers for afternoon rehearsals; he had already put in a full day's work! Li then made a successful career transition from ballet to finance, now a senior manager at one of the worlds largest stockbroking firms.
The rich story of Li’s inspirational life is recounted in his memoir Mao's Last Dancer, which quickly rose to No. 1 on the Non-Fiction Best-Seller Lists and was named in Amazon.com's Break-Out Books list, only several weeks after its US release. The book also received the Christopher Award for Literature, going on to be short-listed for several other prestigious literacy awards. Mao’s Last Dancer has been translated into several foreign languages and is sold in over 20 countries worldwide. The Academy Award winning producer and writer of the film Shine, Jane Scott and Jan Sardi, have now also teamed up again specifically to produce a featured film based on Li’s extraordinary life.
Li’s journey demonstrates the importance of family values, passion and a determination to turn your dreams into reality. His ability to captivate any audience has led to speaking invitations from across the globe, including the exclusive Million Dollar Round Table, who invited him to address their Annual conference in June 2007.
PRESENTATION TOPICS
Mao’s Last Dancer
Li has been invited as an inspirational and motivational speaker at many corporate meetings, seminars, events, industry conferences and business leader’s retreats. Li’s journey from his humble beginnings of utter poverty in China, to international stardom in ballet have demonstrated the importance of family values, passion, determination, perseverance, courage and hard work; of maximising opportunities in life and making dreams into reality.
Inspiration and motivation are rare things in life, but they are so essential to achieve excellence in life. People who have read Li’s book or heard Li’s story always walking away deeply touched and motivated. His experiences are real; his journey is incredible; his story is true, which is that much more effective and powerful. He makes people cry and he makes people laugh. His experiences relates to all industries and professions. The impact of his story is long lasting.
IDEAL AUDIENCES
· Financial Services
· Companies undergoing Change
· Sales and Leadership Teams
· Executive Retreats
· Asian audiences (Li also speaks Mandarin)
· Any audience requiring an inspirational lift
RECENT CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
“Li had the entire audience captivated, he's poetic when he speaks.” Westpac Bank
“Li's presentation really moved and inspired me. I personally think his strength is not just his ability to make us feel so deeply but also his great comic timing. It's amazing how he can bring us to tears one moment and then with another comment, made us laugh to lighten the intense feelings. I am definitely looking forward to reading his book.” Manager Organizational Development - Infocomm Development
“The World Presidents and their spouses are an exceptionally critical audience. The reaction of this group to Li's enthralling and riveting presentations was simply astounding! Li reduced much of his audience to tears and as the participants left the auditorium, many said it was the most moving and absorbing presentation they had ever heard.” World President's Organization (WPO)
Li Cunxin was born into utter poverty in Mao’s communist China, at the age of 11 he was selected from millions across China to train in Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy. So began his incredible journey. The seven years of harsh training regime at the Beijing Dance Academy taught him discipline, resilience, determination and perseverance. Li’s astounding drive and relentless hard work made him one of the best dancers China has ever produced.
At the age of 18, Li was awarded one of the first cultural scholarships to America, subsequently being offered a soloist contract with the Houston Ballet. Two years later, Li defected to the West in a dramatic media storm, his escape involving the then US Vice President. Taking his new found freedom to new heights; he then went on to become one of the most celebrated dancers in the world.For the final two years of his dancing, Li studied finance with a view of becoming a stockbroker. This meant rising at five in the morning to start his daily ballet practise, then racing to the stock exchange by eight. This meant that by the time he joined the rest of the company's dancers for afternoon rehearsals; he had already put in a full day's work! Li then made a successful career transition from ballet to finance, now a senior manager at one of the worlds largest stockbroking firms.
The rich story of Li’s inspirational life is recounted in his memoir Mao's Last Dancer, which quickly rose to No. 1 on the Non-Fiction Best-Seller Lists and was named in Amazon.com's Break-Out Books list, only several weeks after its US release. The book also received the Christopher Award for Literature, going on to be short-listed for several other prestigious literacy awards. Mao’s Last Dancer has been translated into several foreign languages and is sold in over 20 countries worldwide. The Academy Award winning producer and writer of the film Shine, Jane Scott and Jan Sardi, have now also teamed up again specifically to produce a featured film based on Li’s extraordinary life.
Li’s journey demonstrates the importance of family values, passion and a determination to turn your dreams into reality. His ability to captivate any audience has led to speaking invitations from across the globe, including the exclusive Million Dollar Round Table, who invited him to address their Annual conference in June 2007.
PRESENTATION TOPICS
Mao’s Last Dancer
Li has been invited as an inspirational and motivational speaker at many corporate meetings, seminars, events, industry conferences and business leader’s retreats. Li’s journey from his humble beginnings of utter poverty in China, to international stardom in ballet have demonstrated the importance of family values, passion, determination, perseverance, courage and hard work; of maximising opportunities in life and making dreams into reality.
Inspiration and motivation are rare things in life, but they are so essential to achieve excellence in life. People who have read Li’s book or heard Li’s story always walking away deeply touched and motivated. His experiences are real; his journey is incredible; his story is true, which is that much more effective and powerful. He makes people cry and he makes people laugh. His experiences relates to all industries and professions. The impact of his story is long lasting.
IDEAL AUDIENCES
· Financial Services
· Companies undergoing Change
· Sales and Leadership Teams
· Executive Retreats
· Asian audiences (Li also speaks Mandarin)
· Any audience requiring an inspirational lift
RECENT CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
“Li had the entire audience captivated, he's poetic when he speaks.” Westpac Bank
“Li's presentation really moved and inspired me. I personally think his strength is not just his ability to make us feel so deeply but also his great comic timing. It's amazing how he can bring us to tears one moment and then with another comment, made us laugh to lighten the intense feelings. I am definitely looking forward to reading his book.” Manager Organizational Development - Infocomm Development
“The World Presidents and their spouses are an exceptionally critical audience. The reaction of this group to Li's enthralling and riveting presentations was simply astounding! Li reduced much of his audience to tears and as the participants left the auditorium, many said it was the most moving and absorbing presentation they had ever heard.” World President's Organization (WPO)
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