Liu Ziqing fell in love with ballet as a little boy. But he never really got the 1 to practise it himself. Growing up in a poor family in a village. his main focus was always on helping his family and putting 2 on the table. Dancing was a 3 he could not afford. He 4 becoming a farmer but also worked as a street cleaner to make ends meet. But he never got over his love for ballet, and at age 53, he 5 to become a ballet dancer.
Most people in their early 50s call themselves lucky if they can lightly jog a few times a week without 6 any pain, but ballet requires a degree of fitness and 7 that are almost impossible to 8 at a certain age without a lifetime of training. But Liu Ziqing wasn't going to let a small thing like age 9 between him and his dream.
"I had been 10 dancing all those years. One day, I saw a ballet basic training course on TV, which inspired the idea that I should try to learn to dance," Ziqing 11 .
Becoming a ballet dancer at age 53 wasn't a(n)12 thing, especially since most of his friends just didn't 13 why he put himself through this hard training at his age. But Liu Ziqing 14 them all with the help of his family, who have always been very 15 of his passion.