George Lee is the subject of “Ten Times Better” by Jennifer Lin.
The documentary’s world premiere will be February 10, 2024
at Film at Lincoln Center: Dance on Camera Festival.
New York Public Library, Works and Process Presents:
“Spill the Tea with George Lee”, February 7, 2024
Lee in a conversation with Jennifer Lin and Arlene Yu
The New York Times, February 4, 2024
“From Ballet to Blackjack, a Dance Pioneer’s Amazing Odyssey”
Playbill, “Flower Drum Song”, Broadway
December 1, 1958, opening night
Playbill, “Flower Drum Song”, Chicago
January 22, 1961
Dancing Ensemble: George Li
“Flower Drum Song”, Las Vegas
1969, postcard program
Further Reading and Listening
The New York Times, May 9, 2025, George Lee, Trailblazing Chinese Ballet Dancer, Dies at 90
Center for Independent Documentary: Jennifer Lin
Bucks County Herald (Pennsylvania), January 25, 2024, “Doylestown’s Lin tells story of refugee-turned ballet prodigy”
YouTube, Conversations on Dance: The story of George Lee, the original Tea in Balanchine’s ‘Nutcracker’, with Jennifer Lin
(Next post on Saturday: Happy Lunar New Year)
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