Beyond the Bamboo Forest
The True Adventures of a Young Chinese Dancer Who Stepped into Her Dreams and Discovered the World.
Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Yung Lerner, Marlyn Meeske Sorel | ISBN: | 9781496900944 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse | Publication: | May 19, 2014 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Yung Lerner, Marlyn Meeske Sorel |
| ISBN: | 9781496900944 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication: | May 19, 2014 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse |
| Language: | English |
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).
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).
